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Thankfgiving-Difcourfes, 


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TWO   DISCOURSES 

D£l,IV£RSD 

OCTOBER  25ih.    1759. 

BiiMG  the  Day  appointed  by  Authority  to  be  obf::rved 

A  I 

A  Dc'.y  cf  public  Thanksgivit^g, 

FOR    T  H  B 

Saccei^s  of  His  Majefty'sArms, 

5!orc  particular!/  la  tho 

Reduaion  of  qy  E  B  E  C, 

THE 

Capital  of  CANADA 

With  an 

APPENDIX, 

SoBtaining  a  brief  Accoant  of  two  fornicr  Expeditions   agaiafi 
that  City  and  Countijr,  which  proved  unfucccfsful. 

BY 
JONATHAN  MAY  HEW,  D.D. 

Paftor  of  the  Weft  Church  in  Boston. 
?x>o<x><><xxx>oo<><x><xx><>:x><>cx><x>c<xx>o<x><x>< 

BOSTON',  NEPF-ENG  LAND: 

I^Hated  and  Sold  by  Richard  DiiAP«a,  in  Newbury-Strcct  ; 
Edes  ScGiLL,  InQucco' Street ;  aadTuOMAS  &  JohmF».sit, 
|b  CorobilJ.     1759. 


^^J^iJ^^-j^^^-JjmJ^jl^ i^'Ki><iJ^''SA^Ji^iii-^ iJ^^:.i  'Kjt.t-xt-tAj; 


ADVERriSEMENT. 

SOME  things  omitted  in  delivering  the  fol- 
lowing difcoiirrcs,  on  account  of  tiieir 
length,  are  infertcd  in  this  publication.  Some 
confidemble  alterations,  bcfidcs,  have  fince 
been  made  in  the  fecond  of  them,  compofed, 
both  in  hafte,  and  while  the  author  was  un-' 
der  bodily  indifpofition.  For  which  altera- 
tions, if  they  fhould  happen  to  be  amend- 
ments, as  they  were  defigned,  he  concludes, 
he  fhall  fall  under  no  blame  from  any  of  thofe 
that  heard  them,  and  have  fignified  their  de- 
fire  to  fee  them  publilhed. 


Sr^PJI^Jpif^P?  o^  r>^'>'r)^'-><-^^  r)^'>xT'5?'7^ 


Discourse  T. 
Of  the  o;reat  Thins^s 

which  GOD  hath  done  for  us. 

^i*  <!♦  ^1*  4|+ ♦!♦  ;|*  i|f  .,|f  ♦!♦  i|»  ♦!♦  *l*  ^l»  i|f  *|f  ^ , j*  ,|*  *!♦  ^  ^|(.  v^ 


PSALM  CXXVI.   Verfe  3d. 
THE  LO  RD  hath  done  great  Things  for  us, 
whereof  we  are  glad, 

^O  comment  is  necefTary  for  the  expla- 
nation of  thcfe  words,  which  are  very 
plain  of  themfclvcs  :  Neither  is  there 
need  of  any  preface,  or  introdu(flion, 
in  order  to  accommodate  them  to 
the  prt-fcnc  joyful  occafion  •,  fince,  it 
is  fuppofed,  :hey  mult  appear,  even  at  firll  view, 
fufHciently  adapted  to  ir.  We  may  therefore  imme- 
di.ireiv  adopt  them  ourf.lves,  and  apply  thc^m  to  the 
bufinefs  of  this  day.  For  the  Lord  hath,  indeed,  done 
great  things  for  us,  whereof  we  arc  doubtlefs  glad  ; 
having  abundant  reafon  to  b^-  fo.  And,  in  the  lan- 
guage of  the  context,  well  may  **  our  moudi  be  now 
filled  with  laughter,  and  our  tongue  with  finging.  " 
A  3  Ix 


6  Of  the  great  Things 

*  It  is  propofed,  by  divine  afTiftance,  in  the  firil 
place,  to  repreftnc  to  you  thf;ff  grcar  things  which 
God  hath  lately  done  for  us,  for  our  land  and  nation  % 
ind  which  are  the  occafioi  of  our  being  alTcmblcd 
together  in  his  hcufc  of  praife  at  this  time. 

In  the  next  place  will  be  (hown,  the  propriety  pf 
being  glad  and  rcj(\icing  on  fuch  occafions,  and  what 
great  reafon  we  have  for  it  at  prefent  •,  more  efpecially 
on  account  of  that  important  event,  which  is  tht 
more  particular  and  immediate  occafion  of  this  folem- 
nity. 

Some  needful  regulations  of  opr  joy  on  this  occa- 
fion, will  then  be  fubjoined  •,  that  it  may  be  taught  t<? 
flow  in  a  proper  channel,  and  be  agreeable  to  our 
character  as  chrillians,  inftead  of  degenerating  into  th« 
mirth  of  fools. 

And  the  whole  will  be  clcfed  with  fuch  rcfle<51:ions 
and  exhortations,  as  the  occafion  itfelt  naturally  fug- 
gefts  •,  and  which  may,  therefore,  be  particularly  fea- 
fonabic  at  this  time. 

To  return  then,  it  will  be  proper,  in  the  firft  place, 

I.  To  rcprefent  to  you  thofe  great  things  whicb 
God  hath  lately  done  tor  us,  f  )r  our  land  and  nation  j 
and  which  are  the  occafion  of  our  being  now  afTembled 
together  in  his  houfe  of  praife.  And  altho*  many  of 
you  may,  perhaps,  have  a  more  accurate  knowledget- 
a  jufter  coDcption,  and  a  deeper  fenfe,  of  thefe  favori 
pf  heaven,  than  I  have  myfelf  •,  yet  it  will  be  good  for 
us  to  talk  of  them,  to  revolve  them  in  our  minds,  and 
fpcak  of  the  great  goodnels  of  our  God  to  ui,  with 
reference  to  them.  If  I  do  nut  inform  you  of  any 
**  thing, 


which  GOD  bath  done  for  us.        7 

thing,  which  you  knew  not  before  ;  yet  I  may  poflTibly 
revive  che  remembrance  of  certain  mercies,  whichi 
had  flipped  the  memories  of  fome  ;  and  contribute 
towards  fixing  b«th  them,  and  others,  in  your  minds  \ 
which,  it  is  conceived,  will  be  anfwering  a  valuable 
end.  For  the  more  thorough,  or  deeper  fcnfe,  we 
have  of  thele  mercies,  the  more  permanent  it  wil4 
be  i  and  the  more  permanent  it  is,  the  more  lading 
will  be  our  gratitude  to  God  for  them  ;  and  the  more 
lading  our  gratitude,  the  more  fuitable  returns  fhaU 
we  make  to  him  •,  which  will  be,  in  efFe<5t,  beft  to 
anfwer  the  true  ends  of  this  folemnity. 

It  is  propofed,  as  was  intimated  before,  to  enlarge 
chiefly  on  that  great  and  happy  event,  which  is  the 
principal,  and  more  immediate  occafion,  of  our  pub- 
lic rejoicing  and  thankfgivings  at  this  time.  My  dif^ 
courfc  in  the  afternoon,  will  be  in  a  manner  confined 
to  this  event ;  which  will  alio  employ  more  of  our 
time  this  morning,  than  any  other  particular  one. 
However,  it  is  humbly  conceived,  there  will  be  no 
impropriety  in  taking  a  little  larger  compafs,  and  CX' 
tending  our  views,  on  this  occafion,  even  beyond  A- 
merlca.  Accordingly,  if  you  pleafe,  we  will  introduce 
this  interefting  affair,  the  reduction  or  furrender  of  the 
capital  city  ot  Canada,  by  taking  a  tranfient  view  of 
Tome  other  of  our  late  military  fuccefl^es,  which  pre- 
cecded  it ;  looking  back  to  the  principal  of  thofc,  which 
have  come  to  our  knowledge  fince  the  time  of  our 
lafl:  general  and^public  thankfgiving  ;  and  connefting 
thcfe  lacsr  with  former  ones,  which  were  taken  notice 
of  on  that  occafion. 

As  you  may  remember,  we  then  faw  the  war  in  ge- 
neral going  on   prorperoufly  on  the   fide  of  Great« 
Britain  and  her  allies.    We  then  faw  the  enemy  driven, 
with  great   lols   and  flaughter,  out   of  his  Majcfty's 
A  4  German 


8  Of  the  great  Things 

German  dominions.     "We  chen  alio  faw  fome  fuccefs- 
ful  dcfcents  made  on  the  coafts  ofFrance,tr('m  whence 
we  had  been  threatned,  but  j lift  before,  with  an  inva- 
fion,  as  at  prefent.     We  then  faw  feveral  of  the  ene- 
my's fortrefles,  and  one  of  her   valuable  fettkments, 
on  the  coaft  of  Africa,  reduced  ;  and  fubjeded  to  the 
obediqpce  of  his  Britannic  Majefty.     We  then  faw  his 
Majtrty*s  illuftrious  Prufllan  Ally,  not  onJy   Handing 
his  ground  againft  his  numerous  enemies,  but  vi6lori- 
ous  in  divers  inftances  -,  and,  in  particular,  triumphant 
over   the  formidable  Ruffian  army.      We  then  faw, 
here  in  America,  the   French  fortrcfs,    ufually  called 
Frontinac,  furrended  to  his  Majefty*s  arms  -,  and  our 
troops  returning  from  thence  laden  with  the  fpoils  of 
our  enemies.     We  then  faw  the  enemy   driven  from 
the  rifervSt.  Jf  hn  ;  and  the  adjacent  country  fccured 
to  his  Majtfty  ;    the  whole  Peninfula  of  Nova-Scotia 
having  been  before  reikiced,  and  well  garrifoned    by 
our  troops.     We  then  faw  the  Britifli  colours  on  the 
walls  of  Louifb'  urg  ;  and  the  iQands  of  Cape- Breton 
and  St.  John,  in    our  pofltflTion.     We  then  faw  the 
trade  of  the  enemy  greatly  diftrcffed  ;    and  her  mari- 
time power  much  leffened :  We  faw  the  ports  of  Great- 
Britain    and  her  colonies,  filled   with  the  merchant- 
men of  France,  and  her  private  fliips  of  war  -,  while 
the    ports  of  the    enemy  were   moflly  blocked   up. 
We  then  law  the  arm.cd  vcfTcls  cf  France  on  lake  On- 
tarK>,  burnt  ;    and  no  inconfiderable  part  of  I  er  royal 
navy,  taken,  funk,   or  otherwife  deftroyed.     In  fine, 
we  then   faw   the  commerce  of  the  enemy,  to  appear- 
ance, almoll  ruined  •,    her  councils  difconcerted,  and 
her  coffers  low  :    the  councils   of  Great- Britain  firm 
and  fteady  ;  her  trade  in  a  flourifhing  condition  -,  and 
her  fleets  triumphant  en  every  fea,  where  the  Britilh 
flag  made  its  appearance. 

It 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us.        g 

It  wasjiKiged  not  amifs  jiift  to  hint  at  thefe  former 
fucccflrs,  with  which  heaven  had  favoured  the  Britifh 
arms,  before  we  came  to  thofe  later  ones,  which  fall 
within  the  period  mentioned  above  ;  and  which  are 
now  to  be  fpoken  of.  Only  it  is  to  be  obfervcd,  that 
as  this  difcourfe  is  not  defigned  for  an  hiftory,  much 
jcfs  for  a  journal,  of  fieges,  voyages,  and  campaigns  ; 
fo  it  muft  not  be  expefted,  that  I  fhould  be  minutely 
circumftantiaj  •,  but  only  fpeak  of  the  great  things 
which  God  has  done  for  us,  in  a  fummary,  general 
way  ;  which,  it  is  conceived,  is  the  only  one  that-  is 
proper  for  this  place  and  occafion. 

As  things  looked  with  a  favourable  and  promifing 
afpeft,  where  we  left  off  above  ;  fo  it  mud  be  acknow- 
ledged with  all  gratitude,  that  God  has  not  difappoin- 
ted  the  hopes,  which  thofe  Imiles  of  his  providence  had 
raifed  in  us.  The  war  has  gone  on  with  great  and 
remarkable  fucccTs,  on  the  part  of  Great  Britain,  ever 
fincc,  as  well  as  for  Tome  time  before,  our  laft  general 
thankfgiving  ;  *  which  is  now  almoft  a  year.  God 
has  done  many  confiderable,  and  feme  great  things 
for  us,  in  this  time  ;  while  our  lofles  and  difadvan- 
tJges  have,  comparatively  fpeaking,  been  few  and  fmall. 

Since  the  period  kft  referred  to,  we  have  had  au- 
thentic advices  fiom  the  Eaft-Indies,  of  an  advantage 
gained  there  over  the  enemy's  fleet  in  an  engage- 
ment, the  confequence  of  which  was  the  utter  li>fs  of 
feveral  of  their  capiral  flVips.  And  altho',  about  the 
fame  lime,  the  enemy  obtained  an  ad.vantage  by  land, 
in  thofe  parts  ;  yet  there  is  great  reafon  to  hope, 
that  by  means  of  the  fuccours  foon  after  received  there, 
whatever  lofs  we  fufliined  is  at  leaft  retrieved,  if  not 
-more  than  reprieved  ;  whereas  that  of  the  enemy 
could  not  be  (o. 

But 
*  November  :j.   175S. 


10  Of  the  great  Thi?igs 

But  leaving  thofe  dilUnt  parts,  the  fituation  of  our 
affairs  in  which,  we  have  lefs  certainty  of,  let  us  come 
to  Europe  •,    and  take  a  curlory  view  of  it  there. 

At  the  opening  of  the  prefent  feafon  for  the  de- 
ftru<5livc  bufinefs  of  war,  the  French  King  thought 
proper  to  fend  a  prodigious  army  intoGermany.  1  his, 
in  conjunction  with  other  troops  in  thofe  parts,  wai 
deftin*d  to  ravage  hisMajefty's  Hanovetian  domini-* 
ons ;  and,  in  (hort,  to  conquer,  and  take  poficfTion 
thereof,  for  his  Moft  Chriftian  Majefty  :  Who,  if  he 
refemble  his  immediate  Predeceflbr,  of  fuch  famous 
memory  for  difturbing  and  plundering  his  neighbours, 
can  no  more  be  fatisfied,  either  with  conquered,  or  fto- 
len  provinces  and  countries,  than  "  he  that  loveth 
"  lilver  can  be  fatisfied  with  filver,  or  he  that  loveth 
*'  abundance,  with  incrcafe.**  Whole  GreatnefSy  in  its 
pature  and  rife,  was  not  very  different  from  that  of 
the  great  Chaldean  Monarch,  thus  characterized  in  far 
cfed  writ :  "  He  is  a  proud  man,  neither  keepeth  at 
•'  home,  who  enhrgeth  his  defire  as  hell,  and  is  as 
•'  death,  and  cannot  be  fatisfied  •,  but  gathcreth  unto 
*'  him  all  nations,  and  heaping  unto  him  all  people.  — » 
"  Wo  to  him  that  increafeth  that  which  is  not  his  f 
*'  How  long  ?  —  Bccaufc  thou  haft  fpoiled  many  na- 
"  tions,  all  the  remnant  of  the  people  fhall  fpoil  thee  v 
**  becaufe  of  men's  blood,  and  for  the  violence  of  the 
•*  land  —  "  |] 

But  not  to  digrefs  :  This  defign  of  his  Moft  Chri- 
ftian  Majefty  uponHanover,  had  almoft  fuccceded,  and 
taken  effect  j  lo  that  all  the  friends  to  the  liberties  of 
Europe,  who  are  of  courfe  enemies  to  the  ambitious 
views  of  France,  ftood  aghaft,  as  it  -were  ;  and  trem- 
bled  for  the  confequence  of  a  general  battle,  which  was 
now  unavoidable ;  the  army  oh  which,  under  God, 

■■  Habak,  11,  <r,  —  8. 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us»      i  \ 

the  fal ration  of  that  country  depended,  being  inferior 
in  number,  at  lead  by  one  half,  to  the  united  forces  of 
that,  which  flood  ready  to  devour  her  to  the  very 
heart,  having  before  fcarcc  half  gorged  itfelf  with  her 
exterior,  and  Icfs  cfTential  parts.  In  this  critical  and 
memorable  jundture,  it  pleafed  God  to  infpire  Prince 
Ferdinand  with  fuch  wifdom  and  magnanimity,  and 
his  comparatively  fmall  army  of  Britifh  and  Hanove- 
rian troops,  with  fuch  invincible  bravery  and  ardor, 
4S  not  only  to  maintain  their  ground,  but  to  gain  a 
compleat  viflory.  This  prodigious  army  they  entire- 
ly routed,  not  without  great  (laughter  •,  took  their  ar- 
tillery, magazines,  &c.  purlucd  them  to  the  Wcfer, 
and  into  it  ;  where  thoufands  of  them  pcrifhed  in  the 
waters,  as  the  proud  Pharaoh  and  his  hod  perifhed  in 
tlie  Red  Sea.  And  altho'  there  were  nothing  preter- 
natural in  this  cafe,  as  in  the  other  ;  yet  it  feems,  up- 
on the  whole,  to  have  been  a  remarkable  interpofition 
of  providence  :  So  that  Prince  Ferdinand,  who  is  as 
much  renowned  for  his  piety,  as  for  his  great  military 
virtues,  might  on  this  occafion  have  adopted,  with 
great  propriety,  the  fong  of  Mofcs,  on  that  alluded  to 
above,  — •*•  I  will  fmg  unto  the  Lord,  for  he  hath 
triumphed  glorioufly  •,  the  horfe  and  his  rider  hath  he 
thrown  into  the  fea. — Pharaoh's  chariots  and  his  hofl 
—his  chofen  captains  alfo,  are  drowr^d  in  the  Red 
Sea.  The  depths  have  covered  them  •,  they  fank  into 
the  bottom  as  a  (lone.  Tiiy  right  hand,  O  Lord,  i) 
become  glorious  in  po\ver ',  thy  right  hand,  O  Lord, 
hath  dafhed  in  pieces  the  enemy.**  There  is  another 
facred  fong,  which  ail  his  Majefty's  Hanoverian  fub- 
jec5ts  might,  with  peculiar  propriety  adopt,  on  occafion 
of  this  memorable  deliverance  from  impending  ruin, 
*!—''  If  it  had  not  been  the  Lord  who  was  on  our  fide, 
ftow  may  Hanover  fay  -,  if  it  had  not  been  the  Lord 
who  was  on  our  fide,  when  men  rofe  up  againft  us  ; 

then 


J  2  Of  the  great  Things 

then  they  had  fwallowed  us  up  quick,  when  their 
wrath  was  kindled  againft  us.  Then  the  waters  had 
overwhelmcrd  us — the  proud  waters  had  gone  over 
our  foul.  Bk4f^d  be  the  Lord,  who  hath  not  given 
us  a  prey  to  their  teeth.  Our  PjuI  is  efcapedas  a  bird 
out  of  the  luare  of  the  fowlers  -,  the  fnare  is  broken, 
and  we  are  cfcaped.  Our  help  is  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  who  made  heaven  and  earth.'* 

<■' 
But  to  proceed   to  fome  other   matters,    which 
more   immediately    concern    Great  Britain     and   her 
dependencies,    though    not  cur  gracious  Sovereign  ; 
whofe    hereditary  German   dominions  may    naturally 
and  juftly  claim  a  great  fhare  in  his   royal  care  and 
affe(5tions  :    The  French    have  been    meditating,  or 
at   lead  pretending   to  meditate,  a  defcent  upon  the 
ifland  of  Britain,  with  a  formidable  army ;  aod  again 
to  bring  the  Pretender  on  the  ftage.     Yea,  their  pre- 
fumption  has  talk'd,  and  vaunted  itfelf  of  a  conqucft 
of  thofe  kingdoms  •,   fo  that  they  feem,  in  their  own 
vain  imagination,  to  have  anticipated  fo  great  a  tri- 
umph.    And  if  they  have  not  been  in  earneft,  at  lead 
their  preparations  for  an  invafion,   have  been  fo  vaft 
and  expenfive,  as  might   naturally  make  one  believe, 
they  were  :  For  it  is  hardly  to  be  fuppofed,  thev  would 
be  at  fuch  a  prodigious  expeace  of  labour  and  money, 
without  any  defign  to  put  their  threats  in  execution  ; 
and  fo,  in  tfee  event,  to   make  themfelves  the  jtft  of 
Europe-,  which  they  have   lometimes  done  at  a  much 
cheaper  rate  •,    and  might  doubtlefs  have  done  fo  a- 
gain.     But  whatever  their  real  intentions  might  have 
been  by  thefe  formidable  preparations.  Great- Britain, 
on  her  parr,  has  bocn  attencive  to  guard  againft  the 
worft.     Propc  r  difpofitions   have  been   made  on   her 
own  coafts  f(T  the   reception   of  the  enemy   ;    and 
kt  the  fame  ,time,    the  ports  of  France  near  the  Bri- 

tilh 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us.      i  3 

tifh  rlinnnci,  have  been  fo  well  watch'd  and  guarded  by 
cur  fuperior  fleets,  that  the  enemy,  altho'  they  had  had 
a  fufficient  force,  and  all  things  in  readinefs  to  make 
a  defcent,  have  not  yet  had  it  in  their  power  to  leave 
their  own  coalls,  without  almoft  the  certain  lofs  of 
their  whole  army  and  armament,  with  a  great  part  of 
their  navy.  Yea,  divine  providence  has  fo  favour*d 
us,  that  one  of  the  Britilh  admirals  has  had  it  in  his 
power  to  enter  one  of  the  encmy*s  ports,  where  thefe 
grand  preparatic>ns  were  making  -,  and  to  deftroy  a 
part  thereof,  with  fome  of  their  ftores  and  magazines, 
fbme  of  their  fhipping,  and  even  a  confiderable  part  of 
the  city  itfelf,  near  which  they  were,  -f 

Another  of  our  admirals,  or  at  lead  part  of  his 
fquadron,  not  long  att^-r,  approaclied  {o  near  their 
principal  port,  *  where  their  chief  maritime  ftrct)gth 
was  colleded,  as  to  bring  off  fome  of  the  fliips  carry- 
ing fupplies  to  them,  even  from  under  the  fruitlefs  fire 
of  their  caftles  and  batteries^ 

But  we  have  very  lately  had  authentic  advices  of 
ftill  greater  importance,  n^pedling  the  good  (uccefs  of 
a  third  Britifh  admiral,  the  fame  who  commanded  the 
fleet  the  laft  Year  at  tlie  fiege  of  Louifbourg,  ftill  frefh 
in  all  our  memories.  For  when  one  of  the  enemy's 
fquadrons  was  about  joining  their  principal  fleet,  and 
in  a  fair  way  of  effecting  it,  which  might  have  proved 
of  bad  confequenre  to  us,  this  brave  and  fucctfsful 
admiral,  you  know,  opportunely  difcovered,  at- 
tacked, and  beat  it  •,  taking  and  deffroying  five  or 
fix  capital  fhips  ;  the  remainder,  or  at  lead  the  moft 
of  them,  being  obliged  to  betake  themfelves  to  a 
neutral  port  ;  and  there  reduced,  in  their  extremi- 
ty, to  implore  convoy  of  a  neutral  power,  to  fee 
them  fafe  back  again  into  their  own,  ||  from  whence 
their  evil  genius  had  tempted  them  to  depart.     But 

in 
t  Havre  de  Grace,         *  Brcfl.         If  Toulon. 


2  4  Of  the  great  Things 

in  vain  ;  bekig  ftill  blocked  up  by  a  fuperior  force  •,  fo 
that  we  need  not  wholly  delpair  of  haviiig  further  ac- 
counts of  them,  which  may  be  agreeable  to  us. 

1  MUST  not  omit,  now  1  am  hinting  at  feme  very 
interefting  occurrencies  in  Europe,  relative  to  the  war, 
to  mention  the  laft  advices,  wliich  we  hope  may  be 
depended  on,  refpefling  the  viftory  of  his  Majefty's 
great  PrufTian  ally  over  the  Rufilan  army,  then  with- 
in a  few  leagues  of  his  own  capital,  which  Icemcd  in 
imminent  danger  of  falling  into  the  hands  of  thofe 
Barbarians.  If  this  advice  be  not  premature,  £$  we 
all  hope  it  is  nor,  this  is  a  very  important  event,  not 
only  to  his  PrufTian  Majefty,  who  has  now  flood  as 
k  were  on  the  brink  of  a  irighty  precipice,  for  ieVeral 
years  together  ;  but  alfo  to  our  King,  and  to  Great- 
Britain,  whofe  interefts  are  at  prefent  fo  ckifely  con- 
nefled  with  thofe  of  that  truly  great  and  illuftrious 
Monarch.  May  angels  rtill  guard  him  !  or  rather  He, 
who  "  maketh  his  angels  fpirits,  and  his  minirters  t 
fkmc  of  fire  :"  who  giveth  falvation  unto  kings  ;  and 
has  hitherto  delivered  Frederic  his  fervant  from  the 
;hurtful  fword  ! 

But  if  you  pleafe,  we  will  now  come  from  Europe 
to  America  -,  which  is  coming  fliil  nearer  to  ourfelves. 
.But  before  I  fay  any  thing  of  the  military  operations 
on  the  continent,  we  will  caft  an  eye  towards  the 
-American  illands.  For  it  is  there  we  are  to  look  for, 
and  there  that  we  may  find,  one  of  the  great  thing* 
which  God  has  lately  done  for  us.  The  reduffion  of 
Guadaloupe,  with  fome  of  the  adjacent  iflands,  is  truly 
fuch  -,  and,  in  fome  fenfe  the  greater,  becaofe  effefted 
by  fo  fmall  a  force,  and  under  fuch  feemingly  dif^d- 
vantageous  circumftances.  This  is  nlmoft,  and  per- 
haps may  prove  quite,  an  irretrievable  and  irreparabJc 

Jofs, 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us.      1 5 

/ofs,  to  that  haughty,  and  all-grafping  power  which  has. 
incurred  it  -,  a  lofs  whicli  Ihe  will  much  longer  ted 
and  mourn,  than  we  did  that  of  the  ifland  of  Minor- 
ca, at  the  beginning  of  the  prefent  war,  during  a  lefs 
watchful  miniftry  than  the  prefent.  And  to  Great- 
Britain,  this  acquifition  alone,  if  maintained,  will  prO' 
bably  much  more  than  make  good  all  the  damage  fhe 
fuitained  in  the  former  rcfpedt ;  which,  if  I  miftake 
nor,  lime  and  experience  make  dill  lefs  and  lefs  con- 
fiderable. 

But  while  our  thoughts  arc  in  that  part  of  the 
world,  where  fo  valuable  and  noble  an  acquifition 
has  been  made,  by  the  blefTing  of  God  on  the  Britifh 
arms ;  while  our  thoughts  are  engaged  in  that  part  of 
the  world,  I  fay,  and  on  fo  worthy  and  joyful  an  oc- 
cafion  ;  what  is  it  that  dill  gives  a  kind  of  damp  to 
my  Ipirits  •,  or  rather,  raifcs  my  indignation  ?  While 
a  Britilh  fleet  rides  fattly  and  quietly  in  port,  do  I  fee 
an  inferior  French  one  failing,  in  a  kind  of  triumph, 
fron)  port  to  po;  t,  from  ifland  to  ifland,  from  one 
month  to  another  ?  Do  I  fee  our  merchantmen,  by 
fcores,  cr  hundreds,  taken  within  hearing  of  the  Britifh 
cannon,  if  they  were  but  difcharged  ?  Do  I  fee  theni 
carried  into  port,  in  vaft  numbers,  even  by  the  ene- 
my's privateers,  from  within  a  few  leagues  of  our  fleet, 
which  looks  patiently  on  ?  Do  I  hear  our  enemies 
faying,  with  fccrn  and  infult,  "  Where  is  the  boafled 
"  courage  of  thefc  Britons,  who  vainly  pretend  to  be 
**  lords  of  the  ocean  ?  '*  And  do  1  hear  even  foma 
of  our  friends  whifpering,  *'  that  all  Britifh  comman- 
"  ders  have  not  the  fpirit  which  becomes  their  charac- 
*'  ter  ?" — But  perhaps  all  this  is  but  a  reverie  :  If  fo, 
I  will  trouble  you  no  longer  with  my  dreams:  But 
even  dreams  are  not  always  falfe  •,  and  if  there  fhould 
happen  Co  be  any  thing  of  reality  in  this,   fuch  things 

will 


1 6  OJ  the  great  Things 

will  doubtlefs  be  taken  prefer  notice  of  by  thofr,  who 
want  neither  the  authority,  nor  the  public  Tpirit  to  do  it. 

And  having  thus  taken  a  fhort  trip,  if  I  may  fo  ex- 
prefs  it,  to  the  American  iflands  •,  and  feen  there,  an 
important  acquifition  lately  made  by  his  Majcfly's 
troops,  under  the  favour  of  divine  providence-,  let  us 
now  crofs  over  to  the  continent,  in  the  affairs  of  which 
we  ourfelves  are  moft  immediately  concerned.  And 
being  arrived  here,  we  will  not  now  needlefly  ramble 
about,  backwards  and  forwards.  But  felting  out  from 
the  fouthermoft  fcene  ofacflion,  (I  mean,  where  any 
thing  of  great  importance  has  lately  been  done)  which 
is  indeed  neareft  the  parts  from  whence  we  laft  came, 
and  proceeding  thence  to  the  northvvard,  tho'  the  dif- 
tance  is  great,  thro'  a  wildernefs,  and  tho'  there  are 
feveral  nuble  profpefts  in  the  way  to  detain  and  de- 
light us,  even  in  a  wildernefs  •,  yet  it  will  not  be 
long  before  we  arrive  at  the  capital  city  of  Canada, 
There  our  chief  bulinefs  lies :  There  it  will,  therefore, 
be  at  lead:  proper,  if  not  neceffary,  to  make  a  longer 
ftay.  And  tho'  it  be  a  cold  climate,  I  flatter  myfdf, 
we  fhall  find  fomething  to  warm  and  cnhven  us ;  or 
ii  leaft  to  keep  our  blood  from  chilling. 

To  begin  at  the  fouthward  then  :  It  was  not  long 
after  our  laft  general  thankfgiving,  when  we  had  the 
little  expeded,  and  therefore  the  more  joyful  tydings, 
that  the  Britifh  troops,  even  without  the  trouble  of  a 
fiege,  were  in  poffelTion  of  the  French  fortrefs  on  the 
forks  of  the  Ohio,  ufually  called  fort  du  Quefne  •,  but 
now  Pittfburgh,  in  honor  to  that  great  patriot,  that 
wife,  honeft,  and  magnanimous  Britifh  minifter,  dur- 
ing whofe  miniftry,  not  only  this,  but  all  our  other 
fuccefles,  worth  mentioning,  fince  the  prefent  war 
commenced,   have  been  obtaii>ed.    This  fortrefs,   it 

feemsj 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us,      17 

fcems,  was  evacuated  by  the  enemy  en  t'le  near  ap- 
proach of  our  army.  The  acquif-kion  whereof  is  of 
great  importance  to  our  fouthern  colonics  ;  not  only 
with  reference  to  the  fuvages  in  thofe  parts,  who  are 
fince,  from  enemies  become  friends  ;  but  alio  in  ref- 
pe(5t  of  that  mufl:  valuable  and  very  cxtc-nfive  country 
about  it  •,  which,  in  due  time,  may  probably  be  peo- 
pled with  Britilh  fubjeds. 

And  there  are  one  or  two  circum fiances  befide?^ 
which  may  juft  be  mentioned  with  rtJation  hereto  5 
and  which  may,  perhaps,  heighten  the  j(jy  of  fome 
on  account  of  this  acq'jifition.  One  is,  that  the  pre- 
fent  war  with  France,  had  its  rife  more  immediately 
from  feme  differences  rrfpefting  this  country  on  the 
Ohio ;  here  hoflllities  began  •,  here  it  was,  that  the 
French  had  the  afTurance  to  fcize,  captivate,  and  mur- 
der, our  traders  and  others,  in  a  time  of  peace  \  as  al- 
io to  fortify  on  this  river.  But  we  have  now  the 
fatisfaiflion  to  refle<5t,  that  the  law  of  arms  at  leafl,  has 
decided  in  our  favour  one  confiderable  point  contro- 
verted between  the  two  crowns  •,  and  which  was  in- 
deed a  principal  ground  of  the  prefent  war,  tho*  by 
no  m.eans  the  only  one. 

Another  circumflance  alluded  to  above,  is,  that 
wc  had  received  leveral  repulfes  and  defeats  from  the 
enemy,  in  endeavouring  to  regain  the  pofTefTion  of 
the  country  we  are  fpeaking  of  -,  from  whence  the 
enemy  had,  in  a  time  of  peace,  driven  the  fubjefts  of 
Great- Britain.  The  expencc  of  one  of  the  former 
expeditions  againfl:  Du  Qudne  had  been  very  great, 
through  almofl  impradicabU  woods  and  mountains  : 
And  at  laff,  when  the  Britifh  army  had  in  a  manner 
furmounted  thefe  difficulries,  ai.d  thought  themfelves 
almofl  fure  of  fucccfs,  it  was  in  a  fore  furprifcd,  and 

B  put 


1 8  Of  tie  great  Things 

put  to  the  rout,  by  a  lurking  enemy  which  it  hardly 
faw  •,  as  even  the  noble  and  generous  Lion,  in  pafTing 
thro'  a  thicket,  may  be  ftung  and  p.Vif>n'd  to  death 
by  a  vile  infidious  ftrpent  undiscovered,  which  one  of 
his  paws,  or  only  the  flapping  of  his  tail,  might  have 
deftroyed  in  an  inflant.  Thus  it  was,  that  a  brave 
Englifli  general  f  here  received  his  mortal  wound 
from  a  foe,  contemptible  every  where  but  in  his  own 
native  woods  and  Avamps^  a  geneial,  whofe  valor, 
zeal,  and  indefatigable  indullry  in  the  fervice  of  his 
king  and  country,  cannot  be  too  much  commended  \ 
and  whofe  untimely  fall  can  hardly  be  too  nluch  la- 
mented. 

I  MUST  confefs,  tho'  to  fome  it  may  perhaps  feem 
a.weaknefs,  that  thcfe  circumftances  prececding  this 
acquifition,  give  an  heightening  to  my  own  joy  on 
account  of  it-,  tho*  it  be  in  itfelf  fo  important  in  many 
refpefts,  that  1:  could  not,  even  without  thefe,  fail  to 
rejoice  every  weli-wilher  to  his  Majefly's  Amerkan 
colonies. 

But  having  flopped  long  enough  here,  confiderlng 
the  time  allowed  us  for  our  journey  ;  let  us  now 
haflen  to  the  northward,  as  was  proj-^ofed.  A  very 
material  acquifition  has  been  made  this  prelent  cam- 
paign, of  the  fortrefs  of  Niagara.  This  was  in  itfelf 
a  ftrong  fort,  afid  defended  by  a  numerous  garrifon  : 
Which  is  not  to  be  wondered  at,  confidering  the  im- 
portance of  it  to  the  enemy.  For  being  fituated  be- 
tween the  two  Lakes,  Erie  and  Ontario,  it  commanded 
the  communication  between  Canada  and  Louifiana, 
the  MilTifipi,  &c.  And  befides,  it  was  fo  fituated  as 
to  draw  the  commerce,  and  with  it  the  affe^ions,  of 
numerous  tribes  of  favages  about  thofe  lakes    j  as 

alio 
t  General  JJwddoc*. 


'which  GOD  hath  do?je  for  us.      19 

alfo  to  awe  the  fix  nations,  our  old  friends  and  allies  \ 
and  even  to  ftagger  their  friend  fhip  ;   wiiich,  as  mighc 
naturally    be    (iJ[)pofcd,      ufiially    follows   their  inte- 
reft,    wherever  it   leads       This  important  furtrefs  is 
now  in  our  hands  -,    the  Very  confiderahie  army  that 
had  been  dedin'd    to  its  relivfj  and  to  raife  the   ficge, 
being  rcpulfcd  with  great  flau^ht'  r,  and   the  garnloa 
made   prifoners  of  war      By   which   acquifuion,   ihc 
wavering  r.ations  of  the  Mohawks,  as  they   are  com-* 
m<;nly  calLd,  arc  fecured  in  their  fidelity  and  friend- 
Ihip  •,  many  other  tribes  of  the  lavages  have  become 
our  ufefui  allies,  inrtead   of   perfidious   enemies  ;    the 
French  forts  and  fcttlements  at  Prefque  Ifle   and  Ve- 
nango are  abandoned  \  and^   in   Hiort,   the  whole   ex- 
tent of  country  between  Lake  Ontario  and  i'ittfburgh^ 
is  \th  vyith(  ut  a  perf^in  who  dares  to  own  himlclf  our 
enemy,  unlefs  we  look  far  to  the  weflward.     It  may 
be  added,  that  by  this  acquifition,  if  maintained,  even 
tho'  Canada   had  remai'.ed  intire  in  the   pofTefTion  of 
the  enemy,   would   have  been  effectually  cut  off,   all 
intercourfe  of  any  confequence  octwcen  Canada,   De- 
troit, and  all  the  French  forts  and  fcttlements   to   the 
fouthward  of  Lake  Erie.     So  that  the  e  emy  on  that 
fide,  could  have  maintainetl  their  ground    only  on  the 
MifTifipi,  and  fome  of  its  remote  branches  ;  where,  by 
reafon  of  the  diftance   from  us,  and   the   difficulty   of 
the  navigation,  they  could  neither   give  us   much  dif^ 
turbance,    nor  gain   much   advantage   to   themklves. 
And  this   acquifition,  fo  important  in    its  nature,  it  is 
to  be   remembered,  was  made  with  the  lofs  of  a  very 
fmall  number   of  our  troojjs  -,  tho*   not   without   the 
Jofs  of  a  brave  and  excellent  general  ;  *   not   indeed, 
killed  by  the  enemy  \  but  in  vulgar  phrafei  by  an  ac- 
cident ;    yet  fuch   an  accident  as  is  directed  by  the 
providence  of  God.     For  if  a  fparrow  does  not  fall  to 

B  2  the 

*  Brigadier- Cencral  Pildeau». 


20  Of  the  great  Ihings 

the  ground  wkhout  our  Father,  mucli  lefs  fuch  a 
vvortliy  commander  j  of  more  value,  not  only  than 
many  fparrows,  but  than  many  general  officers  of 
an  higher  rank. 

From  the  lad  mentioned  fortrefs  to  the  capiral 
whither  we  are  bound,  the  neareft  and  direfteft  courfe 
is  acrols  Ontario  to  Fronriiac,  and  fo  down  the  river 
Cataraqui  to  La  Galette,  &:c.  However,  as  we  have 
not  heard  of  any  thing  lately  done  there,  to  invite  us 
that  way,  we  will  take  another  route  •,  which  tho' 
longer,  will  be  much  more  agreeable  to  us. 

Let  us  therefore  proceed  from  Niagara  to  Lake 
George  ;  a  confiderable  diftance,  and  moftly  through  a 
wilderneis  •,  but  where  we  may  now  travel  with  falt-ty, 
tho'  unarmed  •,  there  being  no  enemy  here  to  do  us 
any  harm.  We  fee  the  country  all  our  own,  to  the 
latter  of  thefe  lakes ;  At  the  fouthern  part  of  which, 
a  year  or  two  fince,  the  enemy  under  general  Mont- 
calm, made  themfelves  mafters  of  one  of  our  forts  ; 
ar.d,  after  the  capitulation,  and  furrender  thereof,  in- 
humanly dripped,  butchered  and  fcalped  the  troops, 
to  v/hom  they  had  folemnly  plighted  tiicir  faith.  At 
which  time  the  city  of  Albany  itfelf  trembled  for  fear  ; 
and  fome  there  were,  who  hardly  thought  themfclves 
lecare,  even  in  this  metropolis.  How  different,  how 
much  more  pleafing  a  fcene,  is  now  prefented  to  our 
view,  if  we  calt  our  eyes  on  that  quarter  ^  efpecially 
if  we  extend  our  view  to  the  northern  part  of  the  luft 
mentioned  lake  ? 

We  there  fee  the   main  body  of  the  enemy   who, 
it  feems,   the  laft    year   were  fo  powerful  at   Ticon- 
deroga,  as  to   rcpulfe    and  rout  a  large  army    of  15 
or   165O00   men,     not  without   confiderable  (laugh- 
ter. 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us,      2  i 

tcr  1  I  fay  we  there  fee  the  main  body  of  the  enemy, 
now  retiring  precipitately  before  the  conqueror  of 
Louifbourg  •,  even  without  dari'^g  to  wait  the  near 
approach  of  his  army.  Doubtlcfs  che  name  of  Am- 
herll,  tho'  with  a  lefs  numerous  army  than  that  wl/ich 
the  enemy  had  fo  lately  defeated  at  the  fame  place, 
taught  them  a  fudden  fear,  and  Icafonably  fuggellid 
to  them,  that  their  only  fafcty  was  in  flight.  This 
almofl  impregnable  ftntrefs  is  now  in  our  hands,  and 
all  the  country  round  Lake  George  ;  f)  that  b.'tweea 
that  and  us,  no  enemy  prefumcs  to  fet  his  foot. 
The  value  of  this  acquifition,  fo  important  in  itfclf,  is 
in  fome  meafure  inlvinccd  by  refle<^ting  on  the  expen- 
five,  tho*  fruitlefs  a[tempts,  heretofore  made  to  ob- 
tain it  ;  by  refleding  on  the  lofs  of  fo  many  brave 
men  at  that  place  ;  and  above  all,  by  rcflcding  oa 
the  untimely  fall  of  one  of  our  general  officers  there, 
tl>e  laft  year.  The  memory  of  Lord  Howe  will 
long  be  refpec*leil  and  honoured  by  every  Britifh  ful3- 
je6f,  who  has  any  efteem  for  valor,  militiry  ficili, 
publick  (pirir,  a<ftivity,  and  unwearied  application. 
His  untin-;ely  fall,  as  it  were  in  the  firft  bloom  of 
manly  ag.^,  would  ^vf^a  now  demand  a  tear,  v/ere  not 
this  a  day  of  rejoicing. 

But  let  us  follo'V  ovir  wife  and  extellcnt  ge^e'-al  at 
the  weftw.ird,  trom  Lake  George  to  Lake  Chi»m- 
plain.  We  there  alio  fee  the  enemy  flyii^g  be.*  re 
him  ;  and  leaving  him  to  take  a  quiet,  and  irninter- 
rupted  poifeffion  of  fort  Fredcrir,  ufually  called  CroA'a 
Point.  A  furtrefs  which,  tho'  n-::  very  {Irorg  irt 
itfrlt,  has  long  been  a  gr.evous  eve-fore  to  thcfe  n  t- 
them  Britifh  colonies,  and  t''>  our  allies  of  the  fix  * 
nations,  and  that  v.^ry  jjltly  *,  fince,  by  irs  fituati<m,  it 
enabled  the  enemy  ar  an^  time  fuddenly  to  anno;  our 
frontier  fettlcmcnts,  and  afforded  the^n  a  j>l  .c  (\ 
B  3  t.v 


2  2  Of  the  great  Ihhgs 

qnick  and  KdSt  retreat ;  and  where  they  could  always 
fu.-ply  their  goo  i  brethren,  our  favage  eocmies,  with 
provifi'jns,  cio.i'hing,  and  wa'like  itorts.  1  lis  tor- 
trcfs  we  now  lee  in  our  hands  •,  or  rather,  a  far  tittter 
and  llronger  one,  lately  built  there  under  the  dircdior* 
of  general  Aiiihrrd.  In  fliorr,  we  ffc  rht^  whole  coun- 
try tliercdbouts  in  our  pcfTeflion,  and  Itcured  to  us  ; 
a  communication  opened  between  this  lake  and  our 
weftern  fr.mtiers  ;  and  fettlers  invited  to  come,  and 
take  up  their  habi'ation  where,  till  very  lately,  it  was 
not  fafe  for  us  to  fet  our  feet.  This  we  owe  to  general 
Amherft,  under  providence:  Who,  according  to  our 
latefl:  advices,  was  proceeded  ftill  farther  northward  •, 
where  we  cannot  at  prefent  follow  him  -,  bi.t  may  fafe- 
ly  rely  on  his  prudence  and  magnanimity,  under 
that  divine  direction  which  has  thus  far  arterded 
him  \  and  humbly  hope,  he  will  take  no  ftep  but 
what  wifdpm  Ihall  dictate,  and  providence  fucceed. 

Some  may  poffibly  think  it  ftrange,  that  the  laft 
mentioned  general  has  m.;de  no  quicker  advances 
^frer  a  flying  enemy  \  but  given  them  time  to  fortify 
^hen^felves  towards  the  northern  end  of  the  lake. 
Bi:t  it  may  be  tak  n  for  grante',  that  he  is  a  tho^ 
n-ugh  mailer  of  his  profelTion  •,  that  he  wants  not  zeal 
V.  his  M;jjen"y''s  fervice  ;  and  that  he  has  fuflBcient  rea- 
ibns  for  this  part  of  his  condu6c  Can  any  of  us 
pr  fume  to  fav,  it  was  even  practicable  for  him  to 
pake  m  re  hafte,  without  being  in  hazard  ©f  mak- 
ing t'le  worfe  fpetd  ?  Or  do  we  know  that  this  de- 
Jav  was  not  ch  len  an^i  preferred,  upon  the  foundeft 
maxilla's  of  wiidom  and  good  policv  ?  I  am  very  far 
frun-i  prefuming  to  be  a  judge  of  thtfe  matters  ;  and 
ni''ch  farther  from  pretending  to  penetrate  the  parti- 
eular  views  and  defig'^s  of  f  >  fecret  and  confummate 
a  comiiiandcr.    But  might  not  this  delay,  fuppofing 

it 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us.      23 

it  not  unavoidable,  pofTi'oly  have  been  chofen  on  the 
following  account, —  That  had  the  genen'l  prefll-d  the 
enemy  in  tht^ir  rctre?r  before  him,  he  would,  m  a  forr, 
have  compelled  thtm  to  go  to  t?,c  cipical  city,  to  add 
great  numbers  and  ftren^th  to  the  great  army  already 
tlv  re  i  and  hereby, perhaps,  have  given  an  opportunity, 
and  enabled  the  1,  to  defeat  and  overthrow  the  little 
Brir.fli  army  befieging  it  j  before  it  would  have  been 
piflible  for  him  t  >  join  it,  which  would  have  truftrated 
the  grand  dc^fign.  For  it  would, on  account  of  the  nar- 
rows, or  land-carriage  in  the  way,  have  been  feem- 
ingly  impfjfTiblc  for  this  weLtera  army  to  get  to  the 
capital,  till  fome  weeks  after  the  flying  enemy.  But 
all  this  is  only  conjedure. 

And  I  am  now,  almofl:  before  I  was  aware  of  It, 
tho*  perhaps  after  too  long  a  delay,  got  to  the  chief 
fcvine  of  a^lion  -,  where  ou;  moft  fignal  fuccefs  has 
been  ',  and  where  you  will  allow  me  to  tarry  a  little! 
ion^-Ter  than  at  either  of  tlie  former  places.  I  am  even 
ftill  almoft  "  as  one  that  dreameth,  "  when  I  think 
of  the  furrender  of  the  capital  of  Canada,  which  is  in 
etfifft  the  redufflion  of  the  whole  country.  For  it  is 
morally,  if  not  naturally  impoffiblc,  that  the  enemy, 
having  loft  this  city,  which  is  now  in  our  pofrcflion, 
fiiould  hold  out  half  another  campaign,  againd  a  force 
niucli  inferior  to  that,  which  his  Majefty  has  already 
in  North- America.  Yea,  it  is  almoft  cercain,  that 
after  takinej  the  capital,  laying  wafte  the  country, 
burning  fo  many  of  the  houfcs,  taking  or  dcftroying 
£)  great  a  part  of  tl:e  ftock,  ftores  and  magazines  j 
it  is  almoft  certain,  T  fiy,  after  this,  that  a  great  part 
of  the  enemy,  who  iTetend  ftill  to  ftand  out,  mult 
either  come  in,  and  fubmit  to  the  generous  terms  of* 
fercd  them,  or  elfe,  before  another  Ipring,  perifli  by 
hunger  and  yold,  with  their  unhappy  wives  and 
B  4  children  i 


24  Of  the  great  Things 

children  ;  which  God  forbid  !  But  not  to  anticipate 
thofe  obfcrvations  and  refledions,  for  which  we  Ihall 
find  a  fitter  place  hereafter ;  let  us  now  take  a  nearer, 
and  more  attentive  view  of  this  truly  great  and  me- 
morable thing,  which  God  has  fo  lately  done  for  us, 
in  delivering  the  capital  city  of  Canada  into  our  hands  ; 
•with  fome  of  the  moft  material  circumftances  rela- 
tive thereto. 

God  has  remarkably  fmil'd  upon  this  great  enter- 
prize  from  the  very  firff,  till  we  fee  it  brought  to  this 
hiippy  conclufion  :  From  the  very  firft,  I  fay  ;  unlefs 
we  Ihould  make  an  exception  as  to  the  enemy's  get- 
ting up  the  river  wiih  a  confiderable  fleet  of  provifion 
and  ftore  iliips,  under  convoy,  while  a  fquadron  of  Bri- 
tifh  men  of  war,  deflin'd  to  prevent  any  fuch  relief  and 
fuccours  getting  in,  lay  in  port  -,  fome  fay, from  necefli- 
ty.  But  however  that  might  be,  it  is  not  improbable, 
that  if  this  fleet  had  actually  been  intercepted,  the  re- 
duction of  Quebec  might  have  been  effefted  much 
eafier  and  fooncr  than  it  was  •,  and  the  whole  country, 
before  this  time,  brought  to  a  fubmifTion.  But  not  to 
dwell  upon  any  circumlfance  which  was  If  fs  in  our 
favour  than  we  could  have  wifhed  ;  let  us  proceed  to 
fome  others,  which  were  more  fo  than  wc  could  have 
reafonably  expeded. 

The  navigation  of  St.  Lawrence's  river  has  always, 
ever  fince  Sir  Hovenden  Walker's  fruitlefs  attempt, 
wherein  feveral  fhips  were  hjff,  been  reprcfented  to 
US  by  friends  and  enemies,  as  being  extreamly  difficult 
and  hazardous.  However,  thro'  the  favout  of  Him, 
whom  winds  and  {t&%  obey,  our  very  great  fleet  of 
men  cf  war,  of  provifion,  tranfport  and  flore-fhips, 
arrived  fafc  at  Orleans,  a  little  below  Quebec,  meet- 
ing with  little  or  nodifafter  in  the  whole  voyage.  This 

is 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us.      25 

is  very  remarkable  •,  a  thing  almoft  unexampled  in  fo 
long  a  voyage,  and  with  lo  large  a  fleet,  even  where 
the  navigation  is,  on  all  hands,  allowed  to  be  far  Icfs 
dilBcult  and  dangerous,  than  that  of  this  river. 

It  was  another  favouraole  circumftance,  that  in  the 
very  heart  of  the  enemy's  country,  our  little  army 
Ih juld  land,  with  all  their  provifions,  artillery  and 
ftores,  and  take  poiTelTion  of  the  ground,  almofb  with- 
out the  lofs  of  a  man  ;  efpecially  confidering  the  lurking, 
infidious  and  guileful  genius  of  the  enemies  they  had 
to  deal  with, and  who  were  perfeftly  acquainted  with  all 
the  country,  fo  that  it  might  have  been  expetfted  they 
would  have  made  fome  confiderable  advantages  hereof. 

A  THIRD  circumft<ince  HvOt  unworthy  of  notice 
here,  is,  that  after  our  fleet  then  at  anchor,  had  been 
put  into  fome  dilorder  by  a  florm,  and,  if  my  memo- 
ry docs  not  fail  me,  before  the  llt-rm  was  quite  over, 
the  enemy  attentive  to  every  incident  in  their  favour, 
chofe  this  opportunity  to  f  nd  down  with  a  rapid  tide, 
and  full  gale,  a  number  of  l.irge  firefii'ps,  and  rafts  on 
fire;  hoping,  not  without  fome  probability,  by  this 
means  to  deflroy  a  confiderable  part  of  the  Britifli 
fleet.  But  under  the  favour  ot  providence,  by  the 
wife  precaution  of  the  Britifli  admiral,  and  the  addrefs, 
the  Angular  alertnefs  and  dexterity  of  the  Britifh  fea- 
men,  this  threatning  mifchief  was  intirely  warded  ofi^; 
and  foon  became  only  the  fubjeift  of  their  merriment. 

It  is  further  to  be  thankfully  acknowledged,  that 
our  great  fleet,  and  little  army,  have  all  along  been 
favour'd  with  remarkable  health  ;  but  a  very  fmall 
proportion  of  them  having  died  by  ficknefs,  or  even 
been  fick  at  all.  Whereas  had  ficknefs  prevailed  a- 
mong  our  troops,  even  in  a  degree  not  uncommon  in 

camps. 


26  Of  the  great  Things 

camps,  it  would  have  redueed  that  firwll  army  to  fuch 
an  handful  of  men,  as  muft  in  all  probability  have 
occafioned  the  breaking  up  of  the  ficge. 

And  here  I  cannot  but  mention  another  thing, 
which,  tho*  It  may  feem  at  firft  view  quite  remote 
firom  the  point  in  hand,  has  yet  a  clofe  connec^ticn 
with  it.  There  was  probably  never  knov/i)  among 
us  io  fruitful  a  feafon  as  that  lad  paft.  God  hascaufed 
the  earth  to  yield  her  increafe  in  very  great  abun- 
ckrjc«;  whereby  our  fleet  and  army  have  had  a  con- 
ftauE  fupply  vf  fpOi  provijion^i  v^grtables,  &c.  To 
which  k  IS.  in  pan  deubtkfs  owing,  thro'  the  bleffing 
of  God,  that  our  Beet  and  army  h^ve  enjoyed  fo 
much  health. 

But  to  proceed  to  fome  other  things.  Our  par- 
ties that  were  fcnt  out  from  time  to  time  Po  harrafs 
the  enemy,  and  lay  wafte  the  country,  after  the  terms 
offered  by  the  general  were  rejefted,  had  fo  much  (uc- 
cefs  therein  ;  and  the  city  itlelf  had  been  fo  far  ruin- 
ed by  a  long,  conftant  and  fevere  bombardment,  that 
neither  of  chem  coulcl,  in  many  years,  have  retrieved 
tiiefe  damages  and  I  ^ffes,  even  tho*  the  fiege  had  been 
raifed  before  the  adual  reduction  of  the  city. 

I  HAVE  more  than  once  called  this  a  fiege ;  tho* 
by  the  way,  what  was  done  hardly  amounted  to  (o 
much  as  is  ufually  underftood  by  a  blockade.  But 
call  it  what  you  pleafe,  it  is  a  wonder  that  it  was  not 
broken  up,  without  effecting  the  main  point:  The 
enemy  having  encamped,  and  ftrongly  entrenched' 
thcmillve?,  in  thrice  the  nuniber  of  our  fmall  army  ; 
and  in  fo  advantageous  a  place,  that  it  would  proba- 
bly have  required  even  thrice  their  own  great  num- 
bers to  force  their  lines.    And  after  one  unfuccefsfuf 

£ttempl 


which  GOD  hath  clo7ie  for  us.      27 

attempt  to  this  end  ;  when  fo  much  of  the  feafon  was 
gone  i  the  fecming  impradicability  of  approaching  the 
enemy  where  they  were,  and  the  improbability  that 
thev  would  ever  give  up  this  advantage,  or  be 
brought  to  hazard  a  general  battle  on  equal  ground, 
notwiihlUndir^g  their  fuperior  numbers-,  after  all  this, 
I  fay,  'tis  pn^bablc  there  are  but  few  generals,  who 
would  not  hare  utterly  defpair'd  of  fucceeding,  given 
up  the  pc'int,  and  left  the  enemy  to  retrieve,  as  well 
as  they  could,  the  great  damages  they  had  already 
luflained. 

But  it  feems  the  Britlfli  general  was  one  of  thofe 
rare  military  geniufes,  which,  like  the  Phoenix,  appear 
but  once  an  age,  except  perhaps  in  Great-Britain  He 
was  one  of  thofe,  whofe  Courage  nothing  could  abate; 
whofe  ardor,  regulated  by  prudence,  nothing  could 
damp  -,  whofe  refolution  no  difficulties,  however  great, 
could  fliake  or  alter,  fo  1  ng  as  a  pofTibility  remained 
of  carrying  his  defign  into  execution  \  and  in  fine, 
one  of  thoie,  whole  wildom  and  addrefs  at  a  critical 
juncture,  were  not  inferior  to  his  other  great  military 
accomplifhments.  Thefe  great  qualities,  with  which 
heaven  had  endovv*d  him,  and  to  which  heaven  feldom 
feils  of  giving  luccefs,  were  now  all  called  forth,  and 
difplayed  at  once,  in  drawing  the  numerous  enemy 
from  their  inaccelTible  entrenchm.ents,  to  a  general  bat- 
tle,   which  he  had  long  defired. 

Behold  him  there,  with  his  little  body  of  BritiiH 
troops,  himfelf  the  head  to  dirccfl,  and  the  foul  to  ani- 
mate the  whole,  if  fuch  troops  needed  animation  ; 
the  force  of  Canada  moving  towards  him  with  flow 
and  lolemn  fleps,  under  a  try'd,  experienced  and  ap- 
proval commander! — Unhappy  Montcalm  \  courage- 
ous at  leartj  if  not  prudent  at  this  time !  What  is  it 

.     that 


2  8  Of  the  great  Things 

that,  in  an  unpropitious  hour,  tempts  thee  thus  to 
forego  tliofc  advantages,  which  could  nor,  perhaps, 
have  been  forced  from  thee  ?  What  is  it  that  in- 
duces thee  to  put  the  capital  of  Canada,  and,  with  it, 
tiie  whole  country,  upon  fo  defperate  a  rifque  as  the 
event  of  the  enfuing  battle  ?  Perhaps  thou  relicft  on 
thy  fuperior  numbers.  But  doft  thou  not  know 
both  Britifh  troops  and  French  ones  better,  than  to 
think  the  latter  can  (land  before  the  former  on  evea 
ground,  tho'  the  difproportion  of  numbers  be  fo  great  ? 
Is  there  not  fomething  elfe  of  more  confequence  than 
■llumbers,  when  things  are  brought  to  fuch  a  crifis  as 
the  prefent  ?  Doft  thou  not  know,  that  God  has  given 
men  different  nerves,  finews,  arms  and  hearts  ?  Doft 
thou  not  know,  that  thofc  who  fight  for  a  Tyrant, 
will  not  fight  like  free-born  Britons  ?  Perhaps  thou 
thinketh  thyfelf  again  at  Ticonderoga — But  doft  thou 
not  fee,  who  it  is  at  the  head  of  that  little  veteran 
army,  by  his  prefence  infufing  courage  enough  into 
each  breaft,  to  make  every  man  a  hero  ?  Or,  perhaps, 
thou  thinkeft  thy  relicks,  thy  crofles,  and  thy  faints, 
either  St.  Peter,  or  thy  great  had)\  whom  thou  pro- 
fanely ftileft  *'  The  mother  God,**  will  now  befriend, 
and  make  thee  viilorious.  But  remember,  that  little 
hoft  now  in  array  againft  thee,  worfliip  the  God  that 
made  the  heavens,  earth,  and  feas,  with  all  that  they 
contain  ;  the  Lord  of  hofts  is  his  name  I  His  is  the 
glory  and  the  vidlory  ;  and  know,  that  the  event  of 
this  battle  fhall  be  accordingly  !  Crofs  thyfelf  Ipeedily, 
jf  thou  thinkeft  it  will  be  of  any  advantage  to  thee  1 
Mercy  to  thy  foul,  notwithftanding  violated  faith  at 
Lake  George,  once  St.  Sacrament !  But  alas  \  be  af- 
fured,  that  yonder  gloomy  wood  on  thy  right,  affords^ 
«ot  laurels,  but  cyprefs  for  thy  brews  ' 


But 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us,      29 

But  rcmonflrances  prevail  nothing.  Behold  1  now 
the  charge  begins  !  Behold,  now  the  enemy  fall,  they 
fly  !  Behold  the  horrid  rout,  the  purfuir,  the  field 
covered  with  the  Qain  !  Behold,  now  the  enemy  re- 
gain their  untimely -forfaken  trenches  !  See,  now  they 
are  ftormed,  and  turned  into  canals  running  with  a 
purple  tide,  till  choaked  \vi:h  tlie  dead  and  dying,  fal- 
len promifcuoufly  on  one  another  !  Behold,  there  tails 
their  valiant  Leader  I  Behold  now,  the  gates  or  ports 
of  the  capital  open  to  receive  the  vanquifhed  and  fly- 
ing i  but  hiftily  fliut  again,  left  the  vidorious  fhould 
enter  with  them,  or  before  them! — In  fine!  behold 
this  place,  renowned  for  its  ftrength,  the  power  and 
pride  of  the  enemy,  againlt  which  fo  many  fruitlefs 
attempts  had  been  made,  now  furrcndcr'd  to  his  Bri- 
tannic Majefty,  whofe  colours,  yonder,  wave  over  the 
devoted  city  ! 

This,  my  brethren,  is  the  Lord's  doing  •,  a  great 
thing  which  he  has  performed  for  us,  for  our  country 
and  nation,  whereof  we  arc  glad-,  and  it  may  juflly 
be  wonderful  in  our  eyes  !  That  fo  fmall  a  force  (hould 
obtain  fo  great,  compleat,  and  important  a  conqueflr, 
as  it  were  in  a  moment,  with  fo  little  lufsof  numbers'oa 
its  own  fide', and  fo  great  a  one  on  that  of  the  enemy  ! 
Since  the  furrender  of  Quebec,  we  may,  without  much 
prcfumption,  look  on  Canada  a?  a  conquered  country. 
For,  as  was  obfervcd  above,  according  to  the  ordinary 
courfe  of  things,  if  we  keep  poffeflion  of  this  capital, 
to  prevent  which  we  know  of  nothing  at  prelenr, 
the  inhabitants  mull  foon  be  obliged  to  fubmit  to 
terms,  or  elfe  do  what  vvill  be  far  worfe  tor  them- 
felves,  tho'  not  for  us  perhaps,  the  m.itrer  being  con- 
fidcred  only  in  a  political  light.  Scarce  any  thing 
Ihort  of  a  miracle,  can  prevt-nt  the  a'ternarive  from 
taldng  place.   But  we  fliall  have  occafion  to  fay  (^^rw.- 

thjng 


30  Of  the  great  Things 

thing  more  particularly  upon  this  point  ih  the  after^ 
noon,  when  we  come  to  confider  the  importance  of 
this  acquifition  j  and  how  much  reafon  wc  have  to  be 
glad  and  rejoice,  on  account  of  the  great  thit  gs  which 
God  has  done  for  us,  efpecially  in  the  fignal  vidlory  wc 
have  been  fpeaking  of,  and  the  furrendcr  of  Quebec 
in  confequence  of  it. 

It  may  be  added  here,  that  as  things  have  turned 
out,  through  the  good  providence  of  God,  almoft 
the  only  unfavourable  circumflance*  worthy  of  a  par- 
ticular mention  here,  relative  to  this  great  and  prof- 
perous  enterprizc,  and  which  was  taken  notice 
of  above,  is  produdive  of  another,  different  one, 
which  in  a  great  meafure,  if  not  entirely,  counter- 
balanc<?s  it.  For  that  fleet,  with  her  convoy,  which 
arrived  at  Quebec  fo  opportunely  for  the  enemy,  is 
indifputably  and  wholly  loft  to  France  •,  and,  not  im- 
probably, before  this  time  in  our  own  polTefnon. 
Which  is  a  thing  of  no  trivial  confu^eration  in  itielf, 
tho'  it  may  feem  fucb  in  Gomparifon  of  the  reduc- 
tion of  this  capital. 

And  thus  I  have,  as  fully  and  particularly  as  waS 
convenient,  or  at  leaff,  as  the  time  would  allow,  re- 
minded you  of  the  great  things,  which  the  Lord  hath 
late}y  done  for  us.  The  other  parts  of  my  defign,  as 
exprefTed  in  the  beginning  of  this  difcourfe,  will,  by 
divine  permiffion  and  afiillance,  be  prufecuted  in  the 
afternoon. 

In  the  mean  time,  let  us  be  glad  in  theLord,and  re- 
joice greatly  in  theGod  of  ourfalvation.  Tho'  he  feem- 
ed,  more  than  once,  to  have  "  cafl  us  off,  and  did  not 
go  out  with  our  armies,  "  when  the  redudlion  of  this 
fame  capital  and  country  v/as  meditated  and  attempted; 

h$ 


which  GOD  hath  done  for  us.      3 1 

he  has  now  returned  to  us  in  mercy.  He  has  at  length 
Jed  us  fuccef^fully  into  this  American  Edomy  and 
**  brought  us  into  the  ftrong  city."  He  has  at  length, 
in  a  great  meafurc,  "  given  us  help  from  trouble, 
*'  when  the  heip  of  man  was  vain ;  Thro'  him  we 
**  have  now  done  valiantly  •,  for  he  it  is  that  hath 
*'  tread  down  our  enemies."  ^  Some  of  vou  may 
pofTibly  remember,  it  was  on  this  paflage  of  fcripture 
that  I  difcourfcd  the  laft  day  of  general  prayer  and 
fading  amongft  us,  ij  which  wss  to  implore  the  gui- 
dance of  heavea  in,  and  a  blefTing  upon,  our  mi- 
litary dciigns  and  undertakings  this  prefent  year,  par- 
ticularly againft  our  Canadian  enemies.  And  I  now 
moft  heartily  congratulate  you,  my  brethren,  and  blefs 
the  great,  the  everiafling  God,  who  "  doeth  his  will 
in  the  armies  "f  heaven,  and  amongft  the  inhabitants 
of  the  earth,  "  before  whom  "  all  nations  are  as  the 
fmall  duft  of  theballaace,"  that  he  has  not  rejefted  the 
common,  united  pr^ver  of  his  people,  nor  fmflrated  the 
ftrong  hopes  which  were  exprefled  at  that  iime,thac  we 
fhould  "  fee  our  defire  on  our  enemies  ;"  on  tncfe  our 
ancient,  cruel  and  perfidious  enemies,  who  have  fo  long 
dealt  moft  ire-ctieroufly  and  unrighteoufly  svith  us, 
and  who  meditated  ftill  greater  mifcliiel"  againfl  us  ; 
even  our  utter  extirpation  and  ruin  !  By  which  condu(5t 
in  times  paft,  they  muft  doubtlefs  have  highly  pro- 
voked righteous  heaven  againfl  them.  "  Moiiy  a  time 
"  have  they  afHi(5trd  us  from  our  youth  :  Many  a 
"  time  have  they  afflidicd  us  from  our  youth  -,  yet 
'*  they  have  not  prevailed  againft  us.  For  the  Lord 
"  is  righteous." — *'  The  Lord  is  in  his  holy  temple ; 
"  the  Lord's  throne  is  in  heaven  :  his  eyes  behold, 
*'  his  eyelids  try  the  children  of  men."  He  who, 
from  heaven  his  dwelling  place  has  ke.n  our  afl^.iftions, 
and  many  fufFcrings,  has  from  thence  alfo  heard  our 

prayers, 
t  Pldlra  LX.  9,  —  12.  I,  June  1759. 


3  2        Of  the  great  Things^  &^c, 

prayers,  and  fcnt  deliverance  to  his  fervants  that  hoped 
in  his  mercy.  Our  cries,  and  the  cry  of  fo  much 
blood,  unrighteouny  and  inhumanly  (hed  •,  the  blood 
of  helplefs  women,  tender  children,  and  infants  at  the 
bread  ; — thtfe  cries  have  doubtlcfs  been  loud  enough 
to  be  heard  trom  the  depths  of  earth  to  the  higheft 
heaven,  where  they  have  entred  into  the  ears  ol  the 
Lord  of  Sabbaoth  -,  and  have,  through  *'  the  blood  of 
the  covenant,  "  had  their  cffe(5t  :  For  "  the  Lord 
trieth  the  righteous  :  BUT  THE  WICKED,  AND 
KIM  THAT  LOVETH  VIOLENCE  HIS  SOUL 
HATETH  !  " 


The  End  of  the  firft  Difcourfc. 

5^''  I  '"HE  apoftrophe  beginning  page  27,  where  Gen.  Moat' 
X  calm  is  brought  upon  the  itagc,  was  forni'd  upon  the 
conception  which  the  author  then  had,  of  the  Gtuation  of  the  two 
armies,  and  what  happen'd  on  that  memorable  day  :  But  whether 
that  conception  were  ftridly  ju(t  or  not,  he  cannot  fay,  reports 
having  been  fo  various.  If  any  apology  is  needed  on  account  of 
what  relates  to  General  Montcalm  at  the  clofe  of  this  apoftro- 
phe,  he  obfervcs,  That  tho'  the  dead  are  not  to  be  inhumanly 
infulted  ;  yet  as  it  is  hardly  fuppofeable  that  the  perfidious  and 
horrid  raH/iacre  ofoar  troops  at  Fort  William  Henry,  could  have 
happened  without  the  connivance  of  the  French  General,  or  that 
he  coald  not  have  prevented  it,  (  which  is  not  the  firfl  inftancc 
of  their  cruel  perfidy  )  it  was  thought  fuch  an  hint  at  that  tragi- 
cal affair,  was  no  ways  improper  :  At  leaft,  that  it  could  not 
be  juftiy  looked  upon  as  proceeding  from  inhumanity,  as  it  is 
guarded  ;  cfpecially  fince  that  unliappy  General  is  there  confi- 
dered,  not  as  being  dead,  but  ftill  living,  and  on  ilie  point  of 
joining  battle  with  the  Britiflt  troops. 


DISCOURSE 


Difcourfe  11. 

What  great  Caufe  we  have  for 
Gladnefs  and  Rejoicing. 

PSALM    CXXVI.    Vcrfe  gd. 

THE  LOR'D    hath    done  great   Things  for  us,' 
whereof  we  are  glad, 

IN  the  morning  you  wefc  reminded  of  the  great 
things  which  God  haih  lately  done  for  \js,  for 
our  land  and  nation  ;  particularly  in  the  reduiftion, 
or  furrender,  of  the  Capital  of  Canada  ;  which  is 
the  principal  occafion  of  this  day''s  folemnity.  How- 
ever, it  was  thought  not  improper  to  come  to  a  confi- 
deration  of  this,  by  an  induction  of  Tome  other  of  our 
late  military  fnccefles  which  prccecded  it.  According- 
ly we  extended  our  views,  on  this  great  and  joyful  oc- 
cnfion,  to  the  principal  fucccflcs  with  which  God  has 
favoured  us  on  this  continent,  fince  the  time  of  our 
laft  public  and  general  thnnkfgiving  ;  to  ihofe  at  t!ic 
lakes  George  and  Champbin  ;  at  Niagara  and  Du 
Quefne,  now  Pittsburgh.  We  alfo  cart  an  eye  toward; 
:he  Wert-India  iflands ;  the  r.oafls  of  Portugal  and 
France  ;  towards  Hanover  and  tlic  PrulTian  doniininns ; 
nor  did  even  theEafl  Indies  altogether  efcape  our  no'icc. 
In  all  thcfc  parrs,  it  has  plcafed  God  to  give  fbmc 

C  -  facce.'s 


3  4       •  ^^I^cit  great  Cau/e  we  have , 

fucccfs  to  the  arms  of  our  King,  or  thofe  of  his  ah'ies  f 
and  in  fevcral  of  them,  very  great  and  remarkable 
fucccfs.  BiK  that,  in  the  rcdu£lion  of  Quebec,  confi- 
dercd  in  itftlf,  in  its  probable  confequences,  and  its 
vafl:  importance  to  ourfelves,  is  fo  great  that  it  may, 
with  reipc^  tdfus^natu rally  be  fuppofed  todiminifli  from 
the  rrreatncfs.and  eclipfe  the  lurtreof  the  reft.  And  bd- 
fidcs,  ns  this  was  the  chief  and  more  particular  occa- 
fion  of  cur  afjembling  together  this  day  in  the  houfe 
of  praife,  it  was,  on  that  account,  proper  to  dwell 
longer  upon  it,  than  upon  any  of  the  others. 

Some  remarks  were  of  coiirfc  dropped  in  the  pre--- 
cecdinnr  difcoiirfe,  on  the  importance 'of  titcfe  feveral 
fiicccDes,  and  the  grr.ur.ds  we  have  for  glad.nefs  and 
reji^iclng  on  account  of  them.  But  thefc  were  oitly^ 
tranflent  hints  ;  and  as  a  fuller  rcprefentstion  of  tlie  im- 
portance of  thefe  fuccefles  may  be  ufeful  to  us,  and 
a^  mons  of  increafing  our  gratitude  to  alm'ghty  Gc 
who  has  done  fuch  great  things  for  us ;  I  noiv;  prj 
ceed,  as   was  propoled, 

11. -More   particularly  to  fiiow  the  propriety  of  oor' • 
beinq  glad  and  rejoicing  at    this   time,    and  uhai  great 
resfon  we  have  for  it  ;  particularly  in  refpecl  of  that  im- 
portant event,  which  is  the  more  immediate  occafion  of 
this,  fblcmnity.     And  indeed  my  difcourfe  this  after- 
iwon,  will  be  in  a  manner  con 6ned  hereto,  ^nd  to  fucb 
reflexions  as  naturally  arife  from  it  ;  for  I  fhall  hardly,- 
if  at  all,  mention  any  cf  our  other  late  military  fuc- 
cefles, however  confiderable  in  themfelves.     This,/it; 
is  conceived,  is  an  event,  rot  only  great  in  itfelf,  biit 
bivf  with  many  happy  confequences  ;  in  fliort,  an  event 
of  the  mod:  intercfting  nature  to  us,  to  Great  Britain, 
and  all    her   dependencies  ;  ?.s  will    prefently  be  at- 
tempted to  be  iliown. 

;.'  The 


for  Gladnejs  kind  Rejokiitg^.         3*  5 

rejoi<il!^g'bHtoh'iikc-'6ee^fioris  as  the  ^refcn'i!;'  'for  vie-' 


tories  bver,-^  of^ f liccefi'  ac;aihf^  onr  en^mJe?',  >\lven  G-rtit 


?qaently  enj< 

^ty';  yea,  this  is  what  we  are  fo  nnnirally  trrfpodti 
td  dp,  that  the(e  will'  i^^t^e-tb'e  Icaft  neecf^f'IflbowriiT^ 
Ihj?  j>o/iiU.  HowcVcr,  it-may  jnft  be  obfei-vcd  here,' 
that  U  was  on  oc(fafion  of  tbe'irraelit'es  being  delivcrcc! 
c^lir^bf  the  Hands  of' their' bp'prdTors  and  enemies,  that? 
the  PfaI'm  of  v>]rK!h't'h(6i  text  is  a  part,' was  coinpofcn. 
For-it  begins  thus  ^  *"  •XJ'hen  the  Lortl'' turned  again 
th<2-GaptiV)ty  c>F  Zi<")h,Avfe'were  like  them  thar  drean^jcd  • 
lhen  was  our  mouthy  fillei  "iv'ilh  laughter,  and  our  ton^u& 
with  firtgit'g.*^  "  This',  and  fbmc  of  the  happy  circum-^ 
fiances  attending,  of  happy  eonftquences  ftowing  froi"ri 
it,'  wer^  plainly  the  "  great  things"  to  which  th^ 
texr  rcfbVs  ;  and  ^ri-  acconnt  of  whidi,  the  'church  of 
Gbd  that  wns  6f^  old'  is  'introduced,  cxprefling  hetf 
fToiifiide  and  joy,  fayiftg', '  '•*  The  Lord  hath  done  grcaf 
things  Por  us,  whdt'6''9f  we  dfegjad.''^  Nor,  indeed  1  car? 
we  ever  have  any  eaiife  for  gratirtide,  on  thcfe,  or  other* 
occafiohs,  ^nV  furtHi'r  than  we  have  caufe  for  joy  and 
^ladncfs.  FcSr  gf^lUude  of  thankfgivirtg  Is  due  to  aU 
hiig^Vty  God,  only  'ft>r  the' favours  and  mercies  which 
i^e  Vouch  fa  fcs  to  1?>elbWirpon  us  ;  all  which  are,  in 
4b^r  owH  hatute?  a"  pt>}')er  Ground  of'gladnels  ai")d 
r'^jfticifig  tffu5.  -Atid  our  gratitude  ought  always  to 
orifc  in  f^roporiic^n  tathe  gicatiuTs  of  fhefe  mercicH 
rnd  favours  ;  or  U«'lthe  real  ocCafion  which  vl'e  have 
to  rejoice  and  be  glad. 

To  rcprefcnt  to  you,  what  great  cauTe  v*d  have^d 

rejoice  on  the  prrfcnt  occaiion,  is  therefore  in  other 
v(^<i«!,  or  in  cffl(ft,  only  to  reprefcnt  to  you  wliNt  great 

C  2  rcafon 


36  what  great  Caufe  we  have 

reafon  we  have  to  be  thankful  to  almighty  Gt)d, 
which  i5  what  I  have  in  view.  It  is  further  to  be 
obfcrved  here,  that  as  the  favours  we  arc  confidering, 
are  primarily  and  chiefly  of  a  national,  fecular  and 
political  nature,  relating  more  immediately  to  our 
common  temporal  profperity,  tho'  remotely  to  our 
religious  liberties,  and  fpiritual  good  ;  fo  it  will  be 
proper,  and  even  neceflary,  if  I  fpeak  particularly  of 
them  at  all,  to  confider  them,  at  leaft  primarily,  in  a 
national,  fecular  and  political  light  :  For,  how  things 
of  this  nature  can  poftibly  be  confidered  with  propriety 
In  any  other,  I  muft  confefs  myfelf  not  able  to  fee. 
And  this  muft  be  my  apology,  it  is  hoped  a  fufficient 
one,  if  on  the  prefent  occafion  I  fhould  verge  a  little 
rearer  to  what  is  commonly  called  politics,  than  is  cr- 
dinnrily  convenient  or  fuitable  for  the  pulpit.  Tho* 
in  reality,  I  fiiall  not  difcourfc  on  politics,  unlefs  all 
kind  of  difcourfe  relating  to  fecular  affairs,  and  the 
temporal  profperity  of  nations.,  may  properly  be  called 
politics  alfo.  And  altho'  I  do  not  think  it  my  pro» 
vincc,  were  I  capable  of  it,  to  enter  deep  into  matters 
of  this  nature,  which  is  far  from  my  defign ;  yet  it  \% 
humbly  conceived,  I  fliall  not  tranfgrefs  by  offering 
(bme  confiderations  in  order  to  fliow,  what  great  rcafbn 
we  have  for  rejoicing  at  this  time  ;  efpecially  on  account 
of  that  acquifition,  which  is  the  principal  occafion  of 
our  rejoicing.  In  order  whereto,  it  will  be  necelTary 
to  illuftrate  the  importance  of  that  acquifition  itjfelf> 
to  us,  to  thefe  Britifli  colonies  and  provinces  in  general, 
and  to  Great  Britain.  This  is  therefore  what  will 
now  be  attempted,  without  any  further  apology. 

And  to   this  end,    the  following  things   may    b|j 
obferved  ;  viz. 


for  Gladnefs  and  Rejoicing.  3  7 

That  the  enemy,  having  lofl  the  capital  of  Canada, 
have  it  not  in  their  power  to  recover  the  pufll/Tion  of  it ; 

That  if  it  remains  in  our  poflcfTion,  all  Canada 
muft  of  courfe  be  fubjefted  in  time,  even  tho'  we 
/hould  a^  only  upon  the  defenfive  : 

That  as  things  are  now  oircnmfianccd,  we  have  it 
in  our  power  to  aft  ofTenfively  in  fuch  a  manner,  that 
fhe  whole  country  may  and  muft,  be  reduced  in  a 
very  httle  while  : 

That  the  Reduftion  of  this  country,  will  be  the 
bringing  all  our  favage  enemies  into  a  friendly  alliaKce 
with  us  : 

And  then,  fince  it  may  pofTibly  be  demanded  by 
fome.  What  benefits  will  from  hence  refuk  ro  us,  tak- 
ing thefc  things  for  granted,  this  demand  will  be  an- 
fwered  by  a  particular,  tho'  brief  indu(fl:ion  of  fome 
great  advantages  accruing  from  hence,  both  to  Great 
Britain  and  her  American  colonies,  whof',  intcrefts 
are  indeed  infeparably  conncfted,  as  both  fhe  and 
they  are,  of  late,  more  than  ever  convinced. 

These  are  the  things  which  are  propofed  under  thi^ 
head.  Only  it  is  here  premised  once  for  all,  to  pre- 
vent frequent  and  needlefs  repetitions,  that  when  it  is 
Paid,  fuch  or  fuch  a  thing  may,  will  or  muft  be  done, 
or  come  to  pafs  ;  and  that  another  will  not,  or  cannot, 
both  mufl  be  underllood,  as  they  are  intended,  with  all 
due  fubmifPion  to  the  over-ruling  providence  of  God, and 
with  proper  allowances  for  extraordinary  occurrcnts, 
Theie  is  doubtlefs  a  certain  eftabliflied  order  of  thingg, 
or  fuccefhon  of  events,  which  tho'  it  pay  be,  and  fomc» 
limes  is,  broken  in  upon,  is  yet  a  good  foundation  for 
C  3  us 


J  8         What  great ,  Cctfife^  we  have 

us  to  proceed  upon  in  our  reafoning  as  to  things  of 
this  nature.  And  otherwife,  indeed,  all  j-cafoning  aSout 
t'licai  would  be  mere  chlldifla  impertinence.  But  (lill 
there  is  no  abfoiute  certainty  in  any  of  our  cooclufiens 
refpefling  them,  fince  they, have  fonie  contingencies  for 
their  bafes  ;  contingencies  with  refpe^t  to  us,  but  which 
are  yet  both  foreknown  and  ordered  by  the  fupreme  Go- 
vern j_r  of  the  univerfe,  to  who  ii  therefore  we  fliould 
ajways  Ipokj  in  an  humble  fenf^;  of  both  their,  'an4 
our,  abfblute  dependence  upon  him.  Having  premifed 
thefe  things  once  for  all,  and-  iVill  keeping  them  in 
mind  ;  I  now  return  to  the  firrt  of  the  propolTtions  Hid 
dou/n  above  :  ^v'lz.  .«   t 

THAT'-'Kavihg  loft  't1ie  capital  t)f  Canada,  the  i^neriiy 
have  it  not  in  their  power  to  regain  the  polfeflion  of  it. 
'J'o  be  fure,,  they,  have,  no  Force  nqw  in  America 
capable  of  doing  this.  ^  Tlieir'  principal  and  grand  army 
lias  been  beaten,  routed,  and  cut  to  pieces  :  their  chief 
military  officers  kill,ed  and  made  prifoners  ;  and  the 
poor  Remains  of  their  rent(l'ar' troops,  Whicf)  were  Jq 
that  memorable  battle,  fent'  to  Great  Britain.  If  their 
principal  force  united  under  fo  experienced  and  P^p;- 
ble '  a '  ccm  nander,  with  other  good  officers)  was '.  not.' 
able  to  defend  their '  capital,  "what  can  be  expc£lect,' 
or  .  what  need  be  aj-)prehjcnded  from  them  now,  broken 
and  difconcerted^  without  a  fufficient  number  of  good 
office  r?,  without  fpirit,'  and  perhaps  withouf  a  fufficiency 
of  provi/iqns  and   military   ftores  ? 

'"jF^'tniS  capital  is  regained,  it  mull;  therefore  be  by 
means  of  large  fuccours  from  old  France  j  or  rather 
by  an  army  well  fupplied  tmd  appointed,  fent  from 
thence  into  Canada,  to  join  /the  "forces, already  there. 
But  this  is,  humanly  fpeaking,  imp'ofiible.  The  milTi- 
fipi  is  at  tob  great'  a  dilbncC;  and^  the  qayigation  of  it 

(iKhi 


for  Gladnefs  and  Rejoicing,  3  9 

flich,  that  no  confiderable  fuccours  can  come  that  way. 
beiides,  wc  are  in  poflelTion  oF  Niagara,  the  only 
way  of  comtnunication  ;  which  fortrels  might,  were 
there  occafion,  be  reinforced  almoft  with  what  num- 
bers wc  pleafe.  Neither  is  it  to  be  foppofed  that  an 
army,  or  any  confiderable  fuccours,  can  come  to  Ca- 
nada by  the  river  St.  Lawrence,  of  which  we  have 
now  the  command.  The  Britiili  navy  is  fo  fuperior 
that  the  ports  of  France,  where  any  preparations  fhould 
be  made  for  this  purpofe,  might  be  blocked  up.  Or 
if  a  fleet  fhouid  happen  to  fteal  out  in  the  fpring,  a 
fuperior  one  might  be  immediately  difpatched  after  it, 
lb  as  to  prevent  its  effefting  any  thing  ;  and  proba- 
bly take  or  dcflroy  it.  Or  a  ftrong  Britiili  fquadron, 
were  that  judged  needful,  or  advifeabic,  might  be  kepc 
'conflantly  in  the  river,  during  the  fcafon  for  navigating 
it.  All  which  things  being  conlidercd,  we  need  be 
imdc  no  apprchenfions,  but  that  we  fliall  be  able  to 
maintain  that  acquifition,  which  has  been  lately  made 
with  fo  mnch  honor  to  the  Britidi  arms.  And  we 
will  now  venture  to  advance  one  ftep  farther.  For, 
as  vvai  oblcrvcd   above, 

If  this  Capital  remains  in  our  polTI^nion,  all  Canada 
rnuft  of  courfs  be  fubje(fi:cd  in  time,  even  tlio*  we 
fliould  here  acfl  only  a  defcnfive  part.  Some  may, 
perhaps,  think  this  a  pretty  extraordinary  and  fanguine 
jioflcion.  It  admits,  however,  of  a  very  fliort  and  eafy 
proof.  For  many  European  commodities  arc,  fiom 
ufe  and  habir,  become  nccciBry  to  the  Canadians  ;  fo 
that  they  neither  will,  nor  can,  live  long  without  them. 
Vv'Irh  thefe  ihcy  cannot  be  fuppl  cd  from  old  France, 
as  i.trairs  arc  now  circumflanccd,  either  by  the  M'ffifipi, 
or  St.  Lawrence,  or  any  other  way.  Their  commu- 
rication  with  France  is  now  clle6tually  cut  ofl',  unle(s 
pcrliaps  it  be  for  Icticn  of  condokancc,  v/h;ch  can  nei- 
^"  •  '  ther 


40         What  great  Caufe  ii:e  have 

ther  do  us  any  harrti,  nor  ihemfelves  niucli  good.  So 
that  if  the  war  Ihould  continue,  they  will  be  oblige4 
to  come  to  us  for  ihcfe  neceflaries  ;  and  to  lake  iheiu 
of  us,  if  at  all,  on  our  own  terms  :  Which  would,  in 
etltft  be  fubjefting  ihemfelves  and  iheir  country  to 
the  Briiifh  government.  At  1  ?ft,  this  is  what  they 
might  be  compelled  to  do,  fhould  rhofe  above  us  think 
it  proper.  And  thefe  remarks,  tho*  made  with  particu- 
lar reference  to  the  Canadians  properly  fo  called,  are 
equally  applicable  to  all  the  French  inhabitants  on  this 
continent  about  the  lakes,  arrd  to  the  fbuthward  of  ihera, 
till  ycu  come  near  the  Miffiiipi,  or  fome  of  its  branch- 
£s  that  are  very  remote  from  ijs ;  Quebec,  and  the 
river  St.  Lawrence,  now  in  our  poUefliOn,  being  the 
w  ay  in  which  they  ufe,  chiefly  at  Icaft,  to  be  fupplied 
viih  thofe  neceflaries  ;  for  which,  if  they  continue  in 
the  country,  they  will  be  forced  in  time  to  come  to 
us  ;  tven  thoVwe  ll:ould  a(5>  only  on  the  defcnfive 
with  refpcft  to  them.  However,  there  is  no  need 
of  going  on  this  latter  fuppofitioji  ;  For,  in  the  next 
jiiace,  as  was  obferved  above, 

As  things  are  now  circumrlanced,  we  have  it  in  our 
power  to  a£t  offenfively  againft  them  in  fiich  a  manner, 
that  the  whole  country  may,  and  muft  be  reduced  in  a 
■very  little  time.  They  can  receive  no  confiderable  fuc- 
cours  or  fupplics  from  Old  France,  for  the  realbns 
mentioned  above.  They  have  no  cities,  fcrts  or  pla- 
ces of  defence,  capable  of  making  refidatice,  or  holding 
out  a  fiege,  even  a  fliort  one.  The  country  lies  open 
to  us ;  or  rather,  we  have  one  army  at  lead  already  in 
the  heart  of  it.  His  Majefty  has  a  large  number  of 
brave  and  try'd  troops  now  in  America  ;  lo  many,  that 
ull  the  forces  the  enemy  can  collet,  probably  would 
not  dare  to  meet  one  tialf  of  them  in  the  field  :  That 
method  ihcy  have  already  tryM  to  their  coft  !  And  tho' 
\he  country  lliould  nyt  iubmit,  or  bt  iniirely  fubje£led 
^  thi« 


for  Gladnefs  and  Rejoicing.         41 

th'is  fall,  which  is  not  indeed  to  be  cxpefted,  confider- 
ing  how  far  the  fcafon  is  already  elapfed  ;  yet  what 
iliould  prevent  a  total  conqueft,  even  very  early 
anoiher  feafon  ;  when  the  enemy  muft  be  (lilj  in  all 
probability,  more  weakened,  diftrcded  and  difplrited, 
fhan  they  arc  at  prefent  ?  Excepting  fuch  things  as  are 
^quite  out  of  the  ordinary  courlc,  nothing  can  prevent 
this.  Which  being  confidered,  the  redu^ion  of  Que* 
bee  is,  in  efTe£t,  the  reduftion  of  all  Canada,  from 
Hudfon's  Bay  fouthward  and  weflward  to  the  great 
lakes  :  and  not  only  fo,  but  of  all  the  territory  which 
the  French  pofTefs  to  the  fouthward  Aill  of  thofe 
lakes  till,  as  was  faid  before,  you  come  near  the 
Milfifipi,  or  fomc  of  thole  branches  of  it,  v»hichareat 
a  very  great  didancc  ftom  us. 

Our  next  pofition  was,  that  the  rcduftion  of  this 
country,  will  be  the  bringing  all  our  Indian  enemies 
into  a  friendly  alliance  with  us.  For  Quebec  &  Canada 
bein-j;  in  our  podclTion,  ihey  cannot  be  fupplied  from 
thence  as  heretofore,  with  arms,  ammunition  and  other 
things,  which  long  ufehas  been  made  ncccHary  to  them. 
They  mufl  therefore  come  to  us  for  iheni ;  and  be 
obliged  to  court  our  friendfliip.  And  this  rejifbning 
will  hold  good  with  rcfpc^i  to  all  the  numerous  favage 
nations,  quite  from  the  territories  of  Hudfons  Bay, 
where  the  Indians  have  long  been  our  friends,  down  to 
the  great  lakes,  and  to  the  louthward  of  them,  as  far  a^; 
Georgia  ;  and  Weflward,  till  we  approach  near  the 
Mifllfipi.  Whereever  they  can  be  fupplied  cafiell-, 
and  upon  the  befl  terms,  efpccially  if  it  be  by  thofe  who 
arc  the  molt  powerful  on  the  continent,  and  can  give 
them  ihegrcatcit  protection  Sraflilbnce  in  cafe  of  need; 
there  tliey  will,  fooncr  or  later,  come  to  be  fupplied. 
And  this,  probably,  in  a  fliort  time,  provided  thofc  pru- 
dent meafurcs  continue  tu  be  pnjfccutf  J  with  rcfcrci^cc 

to 


4  2  What  greM^aufe  we  havt 

to  them,  which  have  lately  been  uTed.  For  We  fee  them' 
now  daily  forfaking  the  French  intereft,  coming  over 
to  us,  and  fceking  an  alliance  with  us.  So  that  this 
reafoning  is  not  grounded  merely  on  hypotHefis,  buc 
partly  on  certain  faft.  And  it  may  be  added  here,  that 
on  the  foregoing  principles,  the  friendfhip  of  all  thefe 
lavages  may  be  relied  on  as  hearty  Bz  fincere,  haying  not 
only  convenience,  but  even  neceflity  for  its  bafis.  For 
they  cannot  live,  but  by  being  and  keeping  on  good 
terms  with  us.  And  fo,  in  fliort,  they  will  be  abarriCr; 
if  one  is  needed,  between  our  fouthern  colonics  and  the 
French  on  the  Mifli(ipi  ;  or,  perhaps,  with  a  little  of 
our  afliftance, '  fliould  the  war  continue,  mcke  them 
glad  to  confine  themfelvcs  wholly  to  the  weitward  of 
that  river. 


Saving  the  right  of  the  natives,  all  the  territory  a- 
bout  Hud  Ton's  bay,  northward,  weflv/ard  and  fouthward 
as  far  as  the  bounds  of  Canada,  already  belongs  to 
Great-Britain,  where  we  have  long  had  feveral  forts  and 
•iettlementSjof  which  we  are  (till  in  polTefTion.  And  upon 
the  foregoing  principles,  Great-Britain  muft  of  courfe, 
in  a  litfle  time,  be  pofleded  of  a  territory  here  in  North- 
America,  extending  and  continued  from  that  Bay,  and 
indeed  from  fome  way  to  the  Northward  of  it,  as  far  as 
Florida  to  the  fouthwaid,  about  two  thoufand  miles; 
and  extending  as  far  back  to  the  weflward.  almoff,  as 
we  fhould  defire  ;  referving  always,  as  was  intimated  a- 
hove,  to  the  favage  nations,  the"frjnrt  claims,  or  proper 
rights.  This  is  what  we  may,  wiibont  much  prefump- 
(ion,  promife  ourfelves,  making  proper  allowance  for 
contingencies,  or  things  out  of  the  ordinary  courfe ;  on 
v.hich,  being  unknown,  we  can  ground  none  of  our 
rrafonings  in  this,  or  any  other  cafe.  But  to  fay  the 
ieafli  this  may  probably  bcthc  confequencc  of  reducing 
-  ■  Quebec  ; 


for  Gladnefs  and  Rejoicing,  43 

Qiicbcc  :   For  all  that  has  been  faid  above,  has :;  clofe 

and  manifeft  connexion  w'uji  that  iaiportant  event. 

•1     '    •'      ■    -     1    "  -■" 

But'  allowing  the  a^ve  conclufions  ro  be  juflly 
drawn  ;  yet  fome  may  perhaps  demand  (lill,  "  Cui 
'bono  .-"'v  Tho' things  Ihould  turn  out  thus;  yet  what 
real' arid- confidcrable  benefit  would  from  hence  refulc 
to  Great- Britain  anj  her  colonics  ?  (  For  we  have  all 
learnt,  at  length,  to  confider  tlieir  intcrcfts,  not  as  being 
feparate,  but  clofely  united,  )  This  is  the  demand,  to 
which  fome  anfwer  was  promil'ed  above  ;  iho'  it  is  hard- 
ly to  be  fuppofcd,  indeed,  that  fucii  a  qucftion  could  be 
ferioufly  ailicd  by  any  intelligent  pcrfon,the  advantages 
accruing  from  hcn.cc,  being  fo  many,  great  and  m;mi- 
feft.  To  hint  at  fome  of  the  principal,  and  molt 
obvious   of  them  th  n  : 

Tn  the  firft  place,  one  great  advantage  we  lliould 
gain  hereby  is  thi>,  that  all  the  Britifli  colonies  and 
jprovinGps  would  henceforward  enjoy  peace  cki  tUeir 
extenlive  frontiers,  or  inland  bordv.rs.  \Vc  fhrdl  be 
delivered  from  the  ravages  ;ind  barbarities  of  faithlefs 
favagcs,  and  more  faithlefs  Frenchmen  ;  of  all  which 
ravages  and  barbarities,  the  French  beiug  in  polTefljoa 
of  Quebec  and  St.  Lawrence  river,  has,  from  lirft  to 
lall,  been  the  principal  caufe.  For  the  Indians  v/oijIJ 
a'l  have  long  (ince  been  our  friends,  had  it  not  been 
for  them  in  oar  neighbourliood^  to  (et  them  upon  us 
both  in  war  and  peace.  How  much  blood  has  been 
Vieretofdre  flicd  on  the  frontiers  of  the  13rltifl\  C(^lon*ies  I 
What  a  valt  treafure  has  been  annually  expended  in 
defefidmgourrelves,  thb'  very  inefTctfliually,  fi^om  our 
Anu'rican  encrr.ies,  different  in  complexion,  yer  much 
ihe    lame   in  .hexjrtf  .''    How    have   our    "rnfant.  ic-t- 

tleificncs 

J  F.v<n  Monf  V.»U(lrcuiI,    llic  Clovcrnnr  General  of  Canat'...,   -nl 
himrcir'  3  CanaJiaa   by  birth,   it  i?  confijcndy  and  •:.  .iiji!/ 


44-         What  great  Caufe  we  have 

tlemcnts,  otberwife  very  flonriiliing,  been  diflrefled, 
kept  back,  and,  many  of  them  quite  broken  up,  by 
the  enemy  ?  Whereas  we  may  now  rationally  expeft 
to  have  peace  in  all  our  borders  ;  and  that  there  will 
be  no  more  breaking  in,  or  carrying  out  to  a  wretched 
captivity.  The  public  expences,  and  confequently 
the  public  raxes,  will  be  vaftly  ledened  ;  and  become 
very  finall  in  compirrifbn  of  what  they  have  hitherto 
been  in  time  of  war.  And  we  iliall  fave,  not  only 
much  money,  bur,  what  is  far  more  precious  in  the 
jfight  of  God  and  wife  men,  much  blood.  Our  colo- 
nies will  of  courfe  increafe  and  people  faft ;  and,  un- 
der the  common  blefling  of  providence,  flourifli  more 
than  ever,  quickly  filling  up,  and  extending  them- 
felves  far  back  into  the  country.  Of  which,  the 
mother-country  will  reap  the  benefit  in  common  with 
lis.  Thefe  are  fuch  great  and  obvious  advantages^ 
that  all  muft  needs  fee  them. 

In  the  next  place,  an  extenGve  trade  will  of  courfe 
be  opened  with  all  the  lavage  nations  back  of  us  ;  parti- 
cularly the  fur  trade,  of  late  years  almofl  engrofled  by 
lheFrench,who  have  had  thofe  favagcs  in  their  interelt. 
They  mufl  now  hunt  for  us  in  our  turn,  in  order  to 
pay  lis  for  the  necedaries  which  they  mufl:  come  to  us 
for.  Which  is  alfo  in  fome  meafure  applicable  to  the 
Canadians  themfelves,  that  country  being  reduced,  if 
any  of  them  lliall  remain  therein.  They  mufl  all  be 
fupplied  by  us,  and  pay  us  for  it  (bme  way  or  other. 
So  that  in  fhort,  all  the  commerce  of  this  part  of  the 
yvorkl,  from  the  northward  of  Hudfon's  Bay  to  Flori- 
da, 

affirmed,  had  the  inhumanity,  or  may  I  not  rather  fay  ?  the 
brutality,  to  ornament  a  room  with  Engli(b  fcalps  hung  round 
it  ;  which  he  ufcd  to  fhow  to  his  unhappy  prifoners  ;  to  in- 
fult  them  ;  pointing  out  to  therti,  which  wore  the  fcaJps  of 
^cir  near  relations  friends  and  ncighBaurs  ! 


for  Gladjiefs  and  Rejoicing.  45 

da,  and  back  to  the  Mifllfipi,  or  near  ir,  will  ofcourfe 
be  in  the  hands  ot  Brjtifh  fubje^ts  :  A  commerce,  which 
will  greatly  increafe  the  demand  for  Briiifh  manufac- 
tures, and  both  well  employ  and  maintain  many  thou- 
(and  more  people  in  Great-Britain,  than  do  or  can  get 
a  livelihood  there  at  prefent  in  any  honed  way.  It 
will  alfo  much  increafe  her  navigation^  and  that  of 
her  colonies. 

Moreover:  The  reduction  of  Quebec,  and  fup- 
pofed  redu£iion  of  Canada  in  confcquence  thereof,  will 
be  a  benefit  to  us,  as  it  will  be,  in  fbme  mcafure  at 
lead,  a  cramping  of  the  French  fugar-iflands,  which 
have  of  late  much  more  than  rivalled  our  own.  The 
French  Weft  India  iflands,  if  I  am  not  mifinformed, 
have  heretofore  had  great  dependence  upon  Canada 
for  bread-corn,  and  other  provitions,  for  fome  kinds  of 
naval  Aores,  and  di'vers  other  articles,  both  nece/Tary 
for  them,  and  which  they  cannot,  elfewhere,  be  fb 
commodioufly  fupplied  with.  The  depriving  them 
of  which,  efpecially  if  an  effeftual  ftop  ihould  be  put 
to  the  illicit  trade  carried  on  thither  from  fbme  Briti/h 
parts  of  the  continent,  mull  greatly  diftrefs  and  reduce 
them,  and  be  a  proprotion.ible  advantage  to  ours ; 
Icden  their  commerce  and  navigation,  and  increafe 
our  own. 

Again  :  One  would  think  that  France  would  now, 
almoTt  of  courfc,  be  wholly  cut  out  of  the  American 
cod-fifhery,  of  which  fhc  has  heretofore  made  fuch 
vaft  advantages.  Her  Loulsbourg  fifhery  was  gone 
before.  TJ-unt  up  the  gulph  and  rrvcr  St.  LawrVnco 
h  now  gone.  All  treaties,  by  virtue  of  which  fhe 
claimed  a  right  to  make  fifh  on  the  coaft  of  Newfound- 
land, have  been  violated  by  her ;  they  are  broken 
thro*,  and  become  mere  nullities,  as  the'  they  had  never 

been. 


46  What  great  Caufe  we  hav6 

bi^en.""  And  if  we  fhonld  hold  tlie  poncfTion  of  Louis'^ 
bonrg,  Canada  and  Newfoundland,  with  the  cdaft  of 
Labrador,  one  would  think  it  eafy  to  prlevenf  her 
making  fifll  in  any  of  thofe  parts,  efpecially  conflder-^ 
ing  the  great  fuperiority  of  the  Britifh  navy.  -Nor 
docs  it  fccm  improbable  that  th(s  whole  fifher^  may 
fall  into-the  hands  of  Britifli  fubjcfts ;  unlefs  we  fhoiili 
perhaps  hereafter  have  a  miniflry  as  complaifan'?  tohis*' 
Moll:  Chriflian  Mtjedy,  and  the  court  of  Vcrfaillci;,  as 
that  in  the  latter  end  of  Qitcen  Ann's  rfcign,  ^vhidi  cbm- 
plimentcd  France  with  the  belt  places;  for  ^tiirf ying  off- 
the  cod*fifhcrv,  in  all  North-America  ;  i.  e.  in  the  workli' 
But  at.prefent,  to  be  fu re,  there  is  no  rcafon  for  any 
apprehenfionsof  this  fort.  iSlo-^'i' fhe  deltruc^ion 'of  the 
iVench  fifbery  would  be  thc'deftru^Vioii  of  one'  moft* 
material  andextenfive  branch  or  her  commerce ,ili  whichi 
fhe  was  before  our  too  fuccefjful  rival  :-- And  lhi<? 
whole  fifliery,  fallincr  into  the'  hands  of  Britain,  would 
prodigiouily  incrcalc  her  trade  aikl  wealth  ;'giA'ing  ber  the 
advantage  of  fupplying  all  thofe  markets,  which  France 
fupplied  before  ?  This  wou'd  alfo  be  the  Icllening  of 
the  latter''s  maritime  power  in  general,  and  the'inCf'^a- 
fing,  proportionably,  that  of  Great-Britain;  For  Frah'Ce, 
being  deprived  of  this  fifnery,  could  nor  employ  and 
maintain  fo  many  feam«n  as  heretofore',  'by*?  itiaiiy 
rhoufands  ;  whereas  we  might  then  employ  and  maintain- 
many  thoufands  more  than  ever.  This  is  a  confiJera- 
tion  of  the  laft  importance  to  th^  welfare  and "fafety  of 
Great-Britain, and  of  her  colonies, if  not  of  all  Europe  ;■ 
her  chief  dependence  and  fecurity,  under  divine  provi- 
dence, being  placed  in  the  fuperiority  of  her  naval 
power,  and  keeping  under  that  of  France.  For  jQiould 
France,  whofe  ambition  i^.  fo  exorbitant  and  boUndlcfs, 
and  whofe  power  is  fo  great  on  the  contin^i:,  Oncer 
bec(>me  Superior  by,  fca,  the  liberties  of  Great-Britain, 
^\k\  perhaps  of  Europe,  are   no  more. 

These 


for  GlaJnefs  and  Rejoicing,         47 

5-. ,  ,Th  ese  9F€  not  all  ,btir  only  fome  of  ihe  chief  of  thofc 
fecuJar  and  national  advantages  which  .  occur:  to  iny 
ihQUghts,  a^  jmturaUyrcfulliflg  froj»',  or  having  an  ap- 
parent connexion  with,  the  great  things  j^fcith.Opd  hath 
Jarely  done  for  us  ;  more  cfpccially  in  the  rcduftion  of 
Q^iebcc,  which,  you  will  remember,  X  now  confidcr 
fis  being  in  effe(5t  the  rcdu«ftiQn  of  Canada,  and  bringing 
all  the  Indian  favages  into  a  friendly  alliance  with  us; 
Mhtthcr  that  chain  of ,  realbning,  by.  which  1  came  to 
yifi^  ,jt  miihis.llig]ht,;\yill  hold  together,  aixl,  b^s  ftrong 
enough  to  .fopport  fo  weighty  and  important  a  conclu- 
(ion,;  or  vthciher  it  be  only  like  a  ropeof  fand,  which 
caoijot  ;be  even  lightly  totjchcd  witliout  being  broken 
to  pieces,  miiftbe  llibmiticd  to  the  judgment  of  others  : 
i^s  aifo, ;  whether,  allowing,  it  to  be  good,  and  duly 
C9f.n( <Elcd,  the  advantages  above-menticned,  may  na- 
turally bt  fupppfcd,  to  tlow  from  fuch  a  conqued  of  the 
French ^n.  America,  and  luch  an  alliance  with  the 
Iodiat*s«,  ;.'  ry*iiA . 

If  ihcfc  inferences  are  not  unjuflly  dediKed,  as  it  is 
humbly  Gonccived  they  arc  not,  what  great  caufJ3  have 
we  to  be  glad  ?,nd  rc;j0ice  ti  this  day  ;  aqd  to^praife  God 
for  the  great  tilings  s^hjch  he  hath  dopq  for  us?  Our 
religious,  as  well  as  civil  privileges  fce,med,  a  few  yearj 
(jnce,  to  be  in  fomc  danger  from  the  growing  power 
and  encroachments  of  the  enemy  here,  fu^pctrted  by 
France.  For  had  they  tt  length  got  the  up}x:r  hand;  we 
fl^ould  doubtlcfs  have  been  deprived  of  the  free  enjoy- 
nuntsof  the  proteflant  religion;  hartaljcd,  perfecurcd 
and  butchered,  by  fuch  blind  and  furious  zealots  for 
the  tdlgion  of  Rome,  under  the  direction  of  a  prieft- 
liood  and  hierarchy,  whole //''V/J<5W,  to  be  .Ihre,  is  not 
iroju  above,  if  the  characteridlc  of  that  which  is  fo, 
is,fo  be  (i\\\\tx  .-pure  y  or  peaceable,  gentle,  or  eafy  to  be 
entreated,  full  Oi'merc),  or  of  ^cjc^  fruits,  withoi^t  ^<tr- 

tiality. 


48         What  great  Caufe  we  have 

tiaVtty,  or  without  hypocrify  f  /  "We  have  therefore 
rca(bn  to  blefs  God  for  the  fuccefles  he  hath  given  ns, 
not  merely  on  temporal  and  worldly,  but  on  religious 
and  fpiritual  accounts  alfo. 

We  have  often  heard  with  our  ears,  and  our  fathers 
have  told  us,  what  great  things  God  did  for  them  in 
their  days ;  how  he  preferved,  and  provided  for  them 
in  the  wildernefs,  when  this  was  fuch,  which  now  re- 
joiceth  and  bloflbmeth  as  the  rofe  ;  and  how  he,  in  part, 
drove  out  the  heathen  from  before  them,who  were  their 
enemies;  without  a  caufe.  But  we  now  fee,  in  our  own 
days,  greater  things  than  thofc  !  Our  fathers,  as  they 
had  abundant  reafon  to  do,  earneflly  dedrcd  to  fee  this 
day,  but  did  not  fee  it  ;  if  they  had,  how  glad  ?  how 
joyful  would  they  have  been?  And  ifthofe  who  are 
fallen  afleep  in  the  faith  of  Jefus  Chrift,  inOeadof  being 
periflied,  have,  perhaps,  fome  knowledge  of  the  affairs 
of  this  lower  world,  I  doubt  not  but  that  our  pious  fore- 
fathers, who  fuffercd  fo  much  from  their  enemies  here, 
would  receive  fome  acceflion  of  joy  even  in  heaven,  by 
looking  down  from  thence, and  beholding  whatGod  hath 
done  for  us  their  beloved  pofterity;  how  he  liath  aven- 
ged us  of  our,  and  their  enemies  ;  and  by  feeing  the 
profpcft  which  Wc  now  have,  by  the  blefting  of  God, 
of  living  peaceably  and  happily  in  this  good  land  ;  ^o 
that  tho*  them felves  never  could,  yet  we  their  defcen- 
dents,  being  delivered  out  of  the  hand  of  our  enemies, 
and  them  that  hated  us,  *'  may  fcrve  God  without  fear, 
in  holinefs  and  righteoufnefs,"  the  remainder  of  our 
lives. 

TiimK  it  not  f^range  that  you  hear  fiich  a  fuppofition 
inade,  as  that'  above.  For  altho'  both  tongues  and 
prophecies  fhall  ccafe,  yet  '•  charity  never  faileth"; 

.   t  James   III.   17. 


for  Glad7iefs  arid  Rejoicing,  49 

in  heaven  it  is  perfeded  in  thofe  fouls,  which  were 
endowed  wich  a  nieafure  of  it  on  earth.  And  charity, 
you  know,  "  rejoiceth  not  in  iniquity,  but  rcjoiceth 
in  the  truth  •,  "  it  delighteth  in  obfcrving  the  felicity 
of  others,  and  God's  righteous  acfts,  whereby  his  peo- 
ple and  church  arc  fecured  againft  their  adverfaries, 
and  put  in  a  profperous  condition.  Nor  will  it  be  a- 
mifs  juft  to  obferve  here,  that  in  the  Revelation  of  St. 
John,  the  bleiled  above  are  introduced  as  praifing 
God,  I  had  almofl:  faid,  keeping  a  Thank  [giving^  for 
his  righteous  judgments  on  earth,  in  delivering  his  fer- 
vants  from  opprefTion  and  perfccution  ;  particularly, 
from  the  perfccutions  and  opprefTions  of  the  "  mother 
*'  of  harlots,  and  abominations  ;  '*  that  idolatrous  and 
apoftate  church,  which  hath  fo  long  "  made  herfelf 
*'  drunk  with  the  blood  of  the  martyrs  of  Jefus  *'— 
"  I  heard,  fays  he,  a  great  voice  of  much  people  in 
'*  heaven,  faying.  Alleluia  !  Salvation,  and  glory, 
"  and  honor,  and  power,  unto  the  Lord  our  God. 
"  For  true  and  righteous  are  his  judgments  ;  for  he 
"  hath  judged  the  great  whore,  which  did  corrupt 
the  earth  with  her  fornication  "  [or  idolatrous  prac- 
tiS  ]  ;  "  and  hath  avenged  the  blood  of  his  fcrvants 
at  her  hand.     And  again,  they  faid,  Alleluia  II  !'* 


cc 


<l 


God  hath  revealed  his  purpofe,  his  unalterable  pur- 
pofe,  in  due  time,  tho'  gradually,  to  confume  and  de- 
ftroy  the  bead  and  the  falfe  prophet,  with  their  ad- 
herents ;  till  in  the  end  they  "  fhall  drink  of  the 
"  wine  of  the  wrath  of  God,  which  is  poured  out  with* 
*'  out  mixture,into  the  cup  of  his  indignation**  j  when 
there  is  to  be  a  mod  fignal  revolution  in  the  civil  and 
religious  (late  of  things  in  this  world  ;  and  all  the  ki'ig- 
doms  thereof  are  to  "  become  the  kingdoms  of  our 
Lord,  and  of  his  Chrid.  **  And  one  might,  perhaps, 
without  any  great  degree  of  fuperftition  or  enthufiafm, 

D  from 

\  Chap.  XIX.    I.  2.  5. 


50  What  great  Cauje  'We  have 

from  fome  lare  occurrences  inEurope  and  elfewherCjnot 
to  fay  any  thing  of  the  order  of  thcfe  predictions  them- 
felves,  be  inclined  to  think,  that  this  time  of  ruin  to 
fome,  and  reformation  and  joy  to  others,  from  the 
prcfence  of  the  Lord,  when  the  "  gofpel  of  the  king- 
dom Ihall  be  preached  for  a  witnefs  among  all  nations," 
is  at  no  very  great  diftance  from  the  preknt. 

But  however  that  matter  may  be,  from  r^">eaking 
pofitivcly  of  which,  one  woiikl  think  every  un- 
jnfpired  man,  endow'd  with  wifdom  and  modefty, 
would  be  very  far  ;  yet  I  cannot  butjuft  obferve  here, 
as  a  proper  ground  for  gladnefs  and  rejc  icing  to  all 
of  us,  who  have  any  ferious  concern  for  the  interefts  of 
.religion,  and  the  falvation  of  mens  fouls,  that  by  the 
great  things  which  God  has  lately  done,  and  is  flill  do- 
ing for  us,  he  fecms,  in  his  providence,  to  be  prepa- 
ring the  way  for  a  m-ich  more  general  and  extenfive 
.propagation  of  the  gofpel  among  the  favage  na- 
tions of  America  ;  tor  enlarging  the  kingdom  of 
Chrift  -,  and  reclaiming  from  the  error  of  their  way  to 
,  the  wifdom  of  the  jufl,  not  only  thofe  who  are  alto- 
gether heathen,  but  thofe  alfo  who  have  hitherto  been 
deluded  and  infatuated  by  the  Romifh  mifTionaries, 
v/ho  "  compafs  fea  and  land  to  make  profelytes- — ** 
.A  field  is  opened  to  make  ibme  further  attempts  to 
ihis  end.  And  altho'  I  would  be  be  very  far,  efpeci- 
^lly  at  this  time  of  general  and  common  rejoicing 
.among  us,  from  faying  what  might  jujlly  be  offen- 
five  to  any  ;  yet  1  cannot  but  add  here,  that  if  the 
honorable  and  reverend  "  Society  for  propagating  the 
.gofpel  in  foreign  parts  ",  fliould  fee  caufe  to  employ 
fome  confiderable  proportion  of  the  charities  entruftcd 
to  their  prudent  and  pious  care,  in  fo  noble  an  enter- 
prize,  fo  good  a  work,  as  that  of  gofpelizing  the  fa- 
.vages  in  the  extenfive  wildernelTesof  Americaj  I  believe 

all 


for  Gladmfs  aiid  Rejoicing,  '       5  r 

all  the  world  would  api>laiid  tlicm.  With  all  the 
deference  that  is  due  to  fo  rcrpc<5l:ablc  a  body,  doubt- 
lefs  the  great  end  of  thofc  charicies  would,  in  this 
way,  be  at  leaft  as  much  regarded  and  prolecuted, 
•and  perhaps  better  anlwered,  than  by  fuppDrtin^ 
many  miflionaries  at  a  great  annual  cxpencc,  :n  alt 
the  okkd,  the  principal,  and  richefb  cities  and  towns 
in  thefe  Northern  colonies ;  where  chriftianity  has  been 
the  general,  common  and  ellablifhed  religion  for  more 
than  a  century  of  years  pad. —  But  not  todigrefs: 
Having  thus  attempted  to  fhow,  what  great  reafon 
we  have  to  rejoice  and  be  glad  at  this  time,  by  repre- 
fenting  the  importance  of  that  acquifition  which  hath 
been  fo  often  mentioned,  c  jnfidering  the  great  and 
happy  confequences  that  may,  very  probably  at  leaft, 
flow  from  it ,    I  proceed  now  as  was  propofed, 

III.  To  fubjoin  fome  ufeful  and  neceflary  regulations 
of  our  joy  on  this  great  and  happy  occafion,  that  ic 
may  be  reftrained  within  due  bounds,  and  flow  in  a 
proper  channel. 

And  in  the  firfl:  place-,  we  fhould  take  heed  that  our 
joy  is  not  leavened  with  pride  and  vain  glory,  as  tho* 
our  fucceflTcs  were  wholly  from  ourfelves.  This  is 
what  is  very  common  v/ith  people  on  fimilar  occafions. 
They  are  glad  with  a  kind  of  felf-im porta nt,  and 
felf-fufficient  jov,  which  fwells  them  up,  and  is  quite 
the  reverfe  of  that  rejoicing  which  becometh  chriftians. 
For  man  has  nothing  which  he  did  not  receive,  whe- 
ther ftrength,  wifdom,  courage  or  magnanimity  :  Why 
then  fliould  he  glory  in  it,  or  in  the  eflrefts  and  con- 
fequences of  it,  '*  as  tho'  he  had  not  received  it  ?'* 

There  is  another  thing  nearly  allied  to  this,  againfl 
which  we  ought  alfo  to  guard.     Many  people  who, 

D  X  cho' 


52  Regulations  of  our  Joy 

tho'  they  believe  in  the  over-ruling  providence  of  God, 
and  are  far  from  wholly  attributing  to  themfclves,  the 
glory  of  their  vi(n:ories  and  fucceffes,  yet  rejoice  on 
fuch  occafions  under  the  notion  of  their  having  as  it 
were  merited  them,  by  their  fuperior  goodnefs  and 
righteoufnefs.  This  is  alfo  a  vain,  proud  joy,  not  be- 
comi'g  finful  creatures.  It  is  indeed  poflible,  that  we 
may  n'.t  be  altogether  fo  guilty  in  the  fight  of  God,  as 
our  enemies  whom  he  hath  thus  far  fubdued  under  us  j 
but  we  are  yet  far  from  being  fo  righteous  ourfelves,  as 
to  have  merited  thereby  the  fuccefles  which  he  has 
given  us  againft  them.  And  there  is  a  remarkable 
pafTage  in  the  book  of  Numbers,  t  fo  much  to  the 
prefent  purpofe,  that  I  cannot  forbear  quoting  it.  The 
childre  ^  of  Ifrael  were  now  about  to  pafs  over  the 
river  Jordan,  where  God  had  promifed  to  drive  out 
the  idolatrous  nations  from  before  them.  But  left  they 
fliould  afcribe  this  to  their  own  great  piety  and  good- 
nefs, he  gives  them  the  following  caution  and  admoni- 
tion :  "  Undcrftand  therefore  this  day,  that  the  Lord 
*'  thy  God  is  he  that  goeth  over  before  thee  as  a  con- 
*'  fuming  fire  :  he  fhall  deftroy  them,  and  fhall  bring 
"  them  down  before  thy  face  :  fo  (halt  thou  drive  them 
*'  out,  and  deftroy  them  quickly,  as  the  Lord  hath 
*'  faid  unto  thee.  Speak  not  thou  in  thine  heart,  af- 
"  ter  that  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  caft  them  out  from 
"  before  thee,  laying,  for  my  righteoufnefs  the  Lord 
"  hath  brought  me  in  to  pofliefs  this  land  :  but  for 
"  the  wickednejs  of  thefe  7ialions  the  Lord  doth  drive 
"  them  out  from  before  thee.  "Not  for  thy  righteouf- 
*'  nefsy  or  for  the  uprightnefs  of  thine  hearr,  doft  thou 
"  go  to  pofiefs  their  Land  :  but  for  the  wickednefs  of 
*'  thefe  nations,  the  Lord  thy  God  doth  drive  them 
^*  cut  from  before  thee." 

t  Chap.  IX. 


071  the  prefent  Occafion,  5  3 

We  fliould,  moreover,  be  very  far  from  indulging 
to  any  kind  ot  excels,  or  riotous  joy,  on  this  happy 
occaGon.  Some  there  are,  who  fccm  to  think  they 
cannot  be  fufficiently  glad  and  joytul  (  n  kxh  occa- 
fions,  without  behaving  more  like  the  ancient  Hacchi- 
naiians,  or  madmen,  than  like  Chnftians  and  reafonable 
creatures  ;  running  into  many  toolilli  exceflfcs  quite 
inconfiftent,  not  only  with  chriftian  fobriety,  but  with 
.civil  order.  Let  us  be  admunilhcd  to  abluiin  from 
every  kind  and  degree  oj  extravagant,  ricxous  n^irth. 
**  It  is  better,  fays  Solomon,  to  hear  the  rebuke  of 
*'  the  wife,  than  for  a  man  to  hear  the  fong  ol  fools. 
*'  For  as  the  crackling  of  thorns  under  a  pot,  fo  is 
"  the  laughter  of  fools :  this  alio  is  vanity.'* 

In  the  next  place  :  We  fliould  be  at  leaft:  equally 
far  from  taking  pleafure  in  refleding  on  the  miferiLS 
which  our  enemies  fuffcr.  We  may,  indeed,  reafona- 
bly  rejoice  that  God  has  given  us  fuch  fuccefs  againft 
them,  as  may  probably  put  it  out  of  tlieir  power  to 
harm  us  for  the  future.  But  their  calamities  and  dil- 
trcflcs,  confidered  in  themftlves,  are  no  proper  ground 
of  giaduefsto  us.  And  if  any  parr  of  our  joy  on  this 
occafion  arifes  from  hence,  fo  far  it  is  contrary  to  the 
fpirit  of  the  gofpel.  II  we  have  good  and  benevolent 
hearts,  we  cannot  but  be  touched  with  pity  for  thofo 
unhappy  people,  however  malicious  they  have  beeni 
towards  us ;  efpecially  for  the  poor  women  and  chil- 
dren, who  can  hardly  be  fuppofed  to  have  been  "  in 
this  tranfgrefTion,  '*  with  the  reft.  Yea,  if  v/e  could 
relieve  chem  in  their  diftrelTes,  without  hazard  to  our- 
fcjves  and  the  public,  the  great  law  ol  charity  would 
oblige  us  to  do  it  •,  whereby  we  fliould  fulfil  that  evan- 
gelical command,  ''  If  thine  enemy  hunger,  feed  him  ; 
**  it  he  thirfl:,  give  him  drink  :  For  in  To  doing  thou 
**  (halt  heap  coals  of  fire  upon  his  head,'* 

D  3  Again  ; 


5  4  Regulations  of  our  'Joy 

Again  t  We  (hovild  by  no  means  pleafe  oiirlefves 
wich  any  fuch  thougliC  as  this  on  the  prcfent  occafion, 
that  being  at  reft  trom  our  enemies,  we  may  hereafter 
have  it  in  our  power  to  lead  a  f-jfc  and  luxurious,  art 
indolent  or  eHeminate  life  ;  confuming  the  bounties 
of  divine  providence  on  our  lulls.  To  pleafe  and 
delight  ourfelves  with  any  fuch  thought,  with  any  fuch 
hopes  as  thefe,  were  to  rejoice,  not  as  Chriftians,  but 
as  Epicures ;  and  would  be  a  certain  indication  of  a 
corrupt,  fenfual  turn  of  mind. 

But  having  dwelt  long  enough  on  the  negative 
here,. it  may  be  proper  to  propofe  {^>me  more  direft 
and  pofitive  rule?,  to  guide  :lnd  aflift  us  in  poif>Eing 
our  joy  aright  on  this  great  occafion. 

And  here,  in  the  firft  place,  we  H^ould  **  rejoice 
"  in  the  Lord  ;"  in  him  who  has  done  thefe  great 
things  for  us,  whereof  we  are  glad.  We  are  to  con- 
fider  God  as  the  fupreme  author  of  our  viftories  and 
,  fucceffes.  *'  All  that  is  in  the  heaven,  and  in  the  earth 
'^  is  his  ;  and  in  his  hand  it  is  to  make  great,  and  tO 
"  give  ftrength  unto  all.'*  However  brave,  prudent 
and  magnanimous  tlie  perfons  are*  or  were,  to  whom 
■we  immediately  owe  ihefe  fuccefles,  they  are  yet  to 
be  confidered  only  as  the  inftrunvjnts  and  fervants  of 
God,  by  whom  he  has  wrought  fuch  lalvation,  fuch 
great  tilings  for  us.  Thine,  O  Lord  !  is  ■'  the  glory^ 
^*  and  the  vidory,  ?.nd  the  majcfty.** 

We  Hiould  alfo  afcribe  thefe  fuccefles  to  God,  not 
merely  as  the  fupreme  caufe  and  author,  but  as  the 
gracious,  merciful,  and  bountiful  beftower  of  them  % 
whom,  we  had  laid  under  no  obligation,  in  point  of 
juftice,  thus  to  ef^)0ufe  our  caufe,  '•  when  men  rofe  up 
i*  againtl  us'Vbut  who  might,  for  our  fin53.have  given 

^'  us 


on  the  prefcnt  Occafion.  ^  5 

•*  us  a  prey  to  their  teeth,  "  howevLT  wickt^d  and  un^ 
righteous  our  enemi;;s  themfelvcs  may  be  fupp(.rcd  to 
be,  or  to  have  been.  .\nd  indeed  God,  in  his  ui> 
fearchable  vvifdoni,  lometimes  permirs  the  wicked  grie- 
voufly  to  afflict  fuca  as  arc  more,  righteous  than  them- 
felves  ;  wncrejn  lie  is  not  uiijufl,  fince  the  *'  whole 
♦'  world  is  become  guilty  bcfoic  him.  '* 

It  is  moreover  nccf  fiary,  that  our  joy  fliould  be 
accompanied  with  unfeigned  gratitude,  or  truly  thank- 
ful hearts.  Gladnefs  on  fuch  an  occafion  without  fin- 
cere  thankfulncfs,  which  is  very  fuppofcable,  and  per- 
haps very  common,  would  have  no  degree  of  pitty 
or  virtue  ;  it  woukl  be  but  a  natural,  human  puilion, 
the  oft'spring  of  fclf-love.  It  is  only  a  grateful  joy 
that  becomes  chriftians,  at  leaft,  that  will  entitle  us  to 
that  honourable  character.  And  it  is  in  this,  that  a 
religious  Tha.iksgiving  moft  effentially  confifts  ;  I 
mean,  in  having  our  hearts  truly  touclted  and  warm- 
ed with  a  fenfe  of  God's  undcferved  goodnefs  to  us  : 
Tho'  it  is  highly  expedient  that  this  Ihould  be  out- 
wardly cxprelTed,  by  talking  of  his  loving-kindnefs, 
by  devoutly  finging  his  praifes,  and  afcnbing  to  him 
bkffing  and  honor,  glory  and  power. 

Our  rejoicing  in  the  goodnefs  of  our  God  to  us, 
Ihould  alfo  be  attended  with  unfeigned  good- will 
and  charity  towards  men.  Indeed  a  proper  fenfe  of 
God's  mercies  has  a  natural  tendency  to  fuften 
and  expand  the  heart  of  man  ;  to  fill  it  with  the 
warmelt  wifhes  for  the  good,  the  eternal  good  of  o- 
thers.  And  if  we  feel  no  fuch  benevolence,  or  cha^ 
rity,  in  our  breads,  it  is  almoll  a  certain  fign  that 
tliere  is  in  them  no  religious  or  virtuous  joy  \  and  that 
however  full  we  may  be  of  gladnefs  or  nv.rth  upoa 
^his  occafion,  it  i$  only  the  mirth  or  gUdn.fs  of  fcn- 
D  4  fual 


56        Regulations  of  our  Joy^  &^c. 

fbal  men  •,  of  men  under  the  influence  of  natural  hu- 
min  palTions  and  affcr6:ions  only,  at  brft  ;  but  pofTi- 
bly  of  fucli  ^s  are  much  worfe,  unnatural  ones. 

Moreover.  •,  Our  rejoicing  in  the  goodnefs  of  God 
to  us  on  this  occafion,  fhould  be  accompanied  with 
fincere  refolutions  to  make  the  moft  proper  and  wor- 
thy returns  to  him  that  we  polTibly  can  ;  i.  e.  to  keep 
his  commandments,  and  hve  to  his  glory.  Truly 
grateful  and  religious  joy  is  never  unattended  with 
luch-like  pious  and  virtuous  refolutions.  And  in- 
deed, after  all  that  has  been  faid  in  the  former  part 
of  this  difcourfe,  concerning  the  greatnefs  and  impor- 
tance of  thofe  things  which  God  has  done  for  us, 
the  chief,  or  rather  the  fum-total  of  the  advantage 
is,  that  we  may,  if  we  have  hearts  for  it,  hereafter 
*'  lead  a  quiet  and  peaceable  life,  in  all  godlinels 
'*  and  honefty  •, "  to  do  which,  is  the  fupreme  good 
of  man  in  this  world,  and  the  only  way  to  obtain 
immortal  jo)S  in  the  next. 

Finally  here  ;  We  fhould  "  rejoice  with  trem- 
bling *'.  We  fhould  exercife  an  humble  dependence 
upon  al?nighty  God,  in  v/hofe  hand  all  future  events 
are  ;  whether  profperous  or  adverfe  to  us,  we  can- 
not certainly  forefee  •,  but  we  fhall  know  hereafter. 
We  fiiould  be  far  from  a  vain  confidence  that  God, 
who  has  done  fuch  great  things  for  us,  will  not  in 
fome  other  refpev^ls  frown  upon  us,  and  f  )rely  cha- 
flize  us.  We  may  well  tremble,  or  at  Icaft  fear  in  fome 
meafure,  lefb  he  Ihould  do  thus  :  Kfpccially  if,  infbead 
of  making  proper  returns  of  love  and  obedience  to 
him  for  thefe  mercies,  we  fnould  forget,  or  mifim- 
prove  them.  Even  the  profperity  of  fools  often  de- 
ft roys  tliem,  when  their  enemies  could  not  do  it. 
And  when  we.confider   our   own  numerous  frailties, 

follies 


Some  farther  Reflexions^  ^'c.      57 

follies  and  corruptions,  we  may  well  tremble  amidfl: 
all  our  joys,  left  we  (hould  prove  as  wicked  and  un- 
grateful as  many  have  been  before  us  ;  who  fung 
God's  praifcs,  but  f)on  forgot  his  works  ;  finking 
nndcr  the  blelTingsthey  enjoyed,  into  indolence,  diflb- 
lutcnefs  and  impiety.  How  guilty  fhould  we  be,  if  we 
fhould  increafcrhe  number  of  f  .ch,  after  God  has  thus 
manifefted  his  great  goodntfs  tvj  us,  and  laid  us  under 
fuch  obligations  !  Howevtr,  what  is  here  faid  is  by 
no  means  defig ned  to  damp,  but  only  to  regulate  our 
common  joy,  and  the  hopes  which  ihefe  late  fucceffes 
may  naturally  railein  us  refpefting  our  luture  profpe- 
rity  •,  efpeciaily  if  we  fhould  condud  ourfelves,  in 
confequence  of  them,  as  becomes  wife  men  and  chri- 
ftians. 


IT  were,  indeed,  an  argument  both  of  onr  infenfi- 
bility  and  our  ingratitude,  not  to  rejoice  on  fo 
noble  an  occafion.  We,  I  mean  New-England, 
and  all  the  Britifh  American  plantations,  had  never  fa 
much  caufe  for  general  joy  as  we  have  at  prefent ; 
while  we  fee  ourfelves  in  lo  fair  a  way,  under  the  blcf- 
fing  of  providence,  to  be  wholly  delivered  from  our 
enemies  in  thcfe  parts.  Had  the  French  retainetl  their 
power,  and  independency  of  us  here  in  America,  wc 
might  be  certain  from  more  than  an  hundred  years 
fad  experience  of  them,  that  they  would  dill  be,  not 
only  our  enemies,  but  falfe,  perfidious  and  barbarous 
ones  •,  and  not  only  fo,  but  that  the  greater  part  of  the 
farages  ftill  inlligated,  as  they  are  already  infatuated 
by  them,  woukl  be  our  enemies  alfo.  Canada,  even 
tho'  the  French  fhould  relinquiOi  all  their  encroach- 
ments, and  retire  within  their  old  proper  bounds,  is 
yet  fo  near  to  us,  that  it  is  impoffible  for  Frenchmen, 
retaining   their  power,    and  their   independency  on 

Great- 


5?  Some  farther  Reflexions 

Great-Britain,  to  inhabit  that  country  without  being 
pernicious  enemies  to  us,  in  peace  ai^  wt-li  as  war.  Of 
ihis  wc  have  had  experience,  much  more  than  fuffici- 
ent  :  We  have  facUy  felt  the  effects  of  their  perfidy, 
and  of  long  wars  with  the  favages,  wholly  owing  to 
them. 

We  have  all  along  been  more  or  lefs  difquieted, often 
greatly  diftrefled,  by  thefe  our  American  enemies  : 
And  there  was  a  time,  not  long  fince,  when  we  had 
confiderable  reafon  to  apprehend  what  the  confequence 
might  be  •,  how  far  fatal  to  ourlclves,  and  the  Britifh 
intereft  in  America.  We  had  fome  reafon  for  this, 
whether  we  reflect  how  the  enemy  conduced,  or  we 
ourfclves  condu(51:ed,  at  that  time  :  When  they  had  ^ 
ftrong  chain  of  forts  quite  round  us,  and  boafted  that 
they  had  us  in  a  pound  :  When,  not  only  all  the  per- 
fidy, which  is  nothing  new  or  ftrafige,  but  almoft  all 
the  policy,  the  prudence,  the  military  fpirit,  and  I 
may  add,  the  fuccefs  alfo,  feemed  to  have  fallen  to 
their  fhare  !  Thefe  things  then  look'd  with  a  dark 
and  threatning  afpe(fl  on  the  Britifli  affairs  in  America, 
and,  confequently,  in  Europe  alfo.  But  bleffed  be 
God,  that  the  fcenc  is  fo  m.uch  changed  1  "  llie  fnare 
is  broken,  and  we  are  efcaped.  '*  The  power  of  the 
French  is  now  broken,  at  lead  here  in  America  ;  and 
not  likely  to  be  recovered.  Our  heathen  enemies  have 
no  longer  caufe  to  "  fhoot  out  the  lip,  "  to  deride 
and  intuit  us,  faying,  Where  is  their  boafted  ftrength? 
'*  Where  is  their  God  ?  "  Even  they  muft  now  con- 
fefs  that  the  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for  us, 
whereof  they  alfo  may  in  time  probably  be  glad,  how 
forrowfulfoever  they  may  beat  prefent.  And  having 
offered  up  our  praifes  to  heaven  for  thefe  favours, 
we  can  now  make  no  prayer  more  feafonable,  than 
that  God  woukl  b:^  pleafed  fo  deeply  to  imprefs  out- 
hearts 


arifing  fi'om  the  Occafion.  59 

hearts  with  a  fenfe  of  his  goodnefs,  that  it  may  never 
be  ciV.iccd  ;  but  that  wti  may  always  remain  humbly 
and  obediently  thankful  for  it. 

If  we  have  but  hearts  to  live  anfwerably  to  thefa 
mercies,  we  may  expert  to  lee  l.ir  "  greater  things 
than  thefe.  '*  We  have  given  many  outward  demon- 
ftrations  of  our  joy.  To  pafs  over  Time  others,  W2 
have  chim'd  bells,  and  Cinnon  have  roar'd  •,  bon- 
fires have  blaz'd  on  every  hill ;  colors  have  been  dif* 
piiy'd  j  our  houfes  have  been  gaily  illuminated  •,  and 
many  a  fplendid  r  icket  has  been  tnrown  to  illuminate 
and  adorn  the  fkies  themfelves.  Such  have  been  the 
civil  demonftrations  of  our  joy  on  this  great  occafion-, 
And  we  have  now,  as  fuon  indeed  as  could  well  be, 
manilefted  our  joy  ia  a  religious  manner,  by  obferving 
this  day  of  p.iblic  and  general  thankfgiving.  The 
former  I  do  not  cenfure;  the  latter  is  doubclefs  to  be 
commended.  What  remains  then,  but  thaic  we  nov/ 
give  the  higheft  and  bjft:  evidence  of  all,  t!iat  we  have 
a  juit  {^^{^  of  thefe  favours,  and  are  truly  thankful  for 
them  •,  I  mean,  by  "denying  ungodlincf?,  and 
worldly  lufts,  and  living  foberly,  righteouQy  and  god' 
\\;  ill  the  world  ?  *'  That  we  may  lea  J  quiet  and 
peaceable  lives  in  all  godlinefs  and  honelty,  is  indeed 
the  mod,  if  not  the  only,  rational  and  worthy  erwd  we 
can  hive  in  view,in  any  of  our  milirary  undertvikings. 
And  when  once  providence  has,  or  fliall  have,  put  \i 
in  our  power  to  live  thus,  the  great  end  of  war  being 
anfwered,  we  are  wholly  inexcufable  if  we  live  other- 
wife  •,  particularly  if  we  fhould  '*  turn  afide  to  vain 
jangling*'  amongil  oiirfelves,  "  doting  about  quefti- 
ons  anJ  llrifes  (jf  words,  whereof  comcth  envy,  llrife, 
railings,  evil-furmifings,  and  pcrverfe  difputings  ; '* 
inltcad  of  "  ftudying  the  things  that  make  for  peace, 
aud  the  things  v/hcrcby  wc  may  edify  one  anuthcr.  " 


6o  Some  fa?' l her  Reflexions 

If  we  fiiould  henceforth  live  as  becomes  fellow- 
fubjefts,  and  fellow-chriftians,  in  the  fear  of  God,  and 
brotherly-love,  ftiU  "  abhorring  that  which  is  evil,  and 
cleaving  to  that  which  is  good,'*  we  might  then  rea- 
fonable  hope  to  fee  ourfelvcs  ellablifhed  without  any 
rivals,  much  lefs  perfidiv)us  and  cruel  enemies,  in  this 
good  land,  of  fuch  a  vaft  extent ;  and  that  our  pofte- 
rity  after  us  vvill  alfo  be  glad  of  thole  great  things 
which  God  has  done,  and  is  llill  doing  for  us.  Even 
they  will  "  abundantly  utter  the  memiOry  of  his 
"  great  goodnefs,  and  talk  of  his  righteoufnefs,"  if 
we  and  they  become,  and  continue,  a  willing  and 
obedient  people.  Yea,  we  may  reafonably  exped:  that 
this  country,  which  has  in  a  Ihort  time,  and  under 
many  difadvantages,  become  fo  populous  and  flourifh- 
ing,  will,  by  the  continued  blefllng  of  heaven,  in  ano- 
ther century  or  two  become  a  mighty  empire  (  I  do  * 
not  mean  an  independent  one)  in  numbers  little  infe- 
rior perhaps  to  the  greateft  in  Europe,  and  in  felicity 
to  none. 

We  ourfelves  fhall,  indeed,  be  all  gone  off  the  ftage 
Jong  before  that  time,  and  "  gathered  to  our  fathers  :'* 
But  our  pofterity  will  remain.  And  I  muft  own,  if  I 
may  fo  exprefs  it,  that  I  feel  a  ftrong  affedlion  work- 
ing in  me  towards  thole  that  are  yet  unborn,  even 
to  many  generations.  As  I  think  with  great  fatisfac- 
tion  and  delight  on  the  happy  eftate  of  good  men  long 
iince  dead  ♦,  efpecially  of  our  pious  forefathers  who 
firft  peopled  this  country,  and  underwent  lo  many 
difficulties  and  hardfliips  in  this  undertaking  for  the 
tcftimony  of  a  good  confcience,  and  during  their  abode 
here  ;  fo  I  delight  in  looking  into  furture  ages,  and 
feeing,  at  leaft  in  imagination,  the  profperous  and  hap- 
py condition  of  thole  that  are  to  fuccced  us. 

I 


Gr'ifi fig  from  the  Occafon.         6r 

I  CANNOT  help,  neither  do  I  defire  to  help,  fuch 
imaginations  •,  becaufe  they  afford  me  at  lead  an  inno- 
cent pleafure  ;  perhaps  one  that  might  claim  even  the 
name  of  virtuous.  Fur  all  thofe  pleafures  that  have 
their  foundation  in  benevolence,  and  are  the  refulc 
thereof,  are  truly  fuch.  I  cannot  forbear  fancying 
that  I  fee  a  great  and  flourifhing  kingdom  in  thefe 
parts  of  America,  peopled  by  our  pofterity.  Me- 
thinks  I  fee  mighty  cities  rifing  on  every  hill,  and  by 
the  fide  of  every  commodious  port  ;  mighty  fleets  al- 
ternately failing  out  and  returning,  laden  with  the  pro- 
duce of  this,  and  'every  other  country  under  heaven  ; 
happy  fields  and  villages  wherever  I  turn  my  eyes,  thro* 
a  vadly  extended  territory  ;  there  the  pafturcs  cloathed 
with  flocks,  and  here  the  vallies  coverM  with  corn, 
while  the  httle  hills  rejoice  on  every  fide !  And  do  I 
not  there  behold  the  favage  nations,  no  longer  our 
enemies,  bowing  the  knee  to  Jefus  Chrifl,  and  with 
joy  confefling  him  to  be  "  Lord,  to  the  glory  of  God 
the  F.ither  I  **  Methinks  I  fee  religion  profeflTed  and 
pradifed  throughout  this  fpacious  kingdom,  in  far 
greater  purity  and  perfedlion,  than  fince  the  times  of 
the  apoftles ;  the  Lord  being  (till  as  a  wall  of  fire 
round  about,  and  the  glory  in  the  midfl:  of  her  !  O 
happy  country  !  happy  kingdom  ! 

I  can  fcarce  forbear  fancying,  that  I  hear  a  venera- 
ble fire  talking  after  this  manner  to  his  child,  of  things 
that  came  to  pafs  in  old  times,  the  days  of  iiis  fore- 
fathers:  "  My  fon,  thefe  friends  and  brethren  ofour*s, 
'*  whom  you  fee  of  a  darker  complexion  than  our- 
"  felves,  were  once  our  heathen  enemies,  and  vexed 
*'  our  fathers  in  the  wildernefs  ;  (for  this  was  once 
*'  fuch  ! )  At  the  fame  time  there  was  a  certain  refllefs, 
*'  ambitious  people  in  our  neighbourhood,  from  a 
"  far  diftant  country,  called  France  in  thoje  days,  who 

"  with 


62  Some  farther  Reflexions 

with  them,  and  without  provocation,  endeavoured 
to  deflroy  our  fathers  out  of  the  land.  But  fcveral 
hundred  years  ago,  when  GEORGE  the  II.  an 
excellent  King,  fat  upon  the  Britifi-i  throne,  and  a 
certain  v/ife  and  good  man,  named  Pitt,  was 
his  minifter,  a  great  General  was  fent  with  a 
little  army,  to  take  the  enemy*s  chief  city.  The 
name  of  this  brave  general  was  Wolfe  •,  but  the 
name  of  the  enemy's  general  is  forgotten.  All  we 
know  of  the  latter  is,  that  fome  time  before,the  army 
under  his  command  perfidioufly  murder'd  a  great 
number  of  our  people,  after  they  had  furrender'd 
a  certain  fortrefs  to  him,  and  he  had  plighted  them 
his  hith  ! — But  the  ftrong  city  of  the  cremy  I  juft 
now  fpoke  of,  was  taken  after  a  bloody  battle,  and 
their  whole  country  was  foon  fubdued.  From  that 
time  God,  who  loved  our  fathers,  gave  them  reft 
on  every  fide.  They  then  grew  and  fiourifhed 
mightily,  and  filled  the  whole  land.  Such  great 
things,  my  dear  child  !  did  God  perform  for  our 
fathers  in  the  days  of  old  ;  for  which  we  have 
caufe  to  be  glad  and  rejoice  to  this  time,  and 
praife  his  glorious  name!" — But  whither  will  ima- 
gination tranfport  me !  into  v/hat  times  and  regions, 
if  I  do  not  check  it ! — -— 

Even  thefe  days,  my  brethren,  wherein  we  live, 
I  mean,  fmce  God  hath  done  To  great  a  thing  for  us, 
are  far  m.ore  joyful  than  any  which  our  fathers  faw  ; 
tho*  far  lefs  happy  than  thofe  times  which  bufy  fancy, 
the  love  of  my  dear  country,  and  charity  to  unborn 
pofterity,  would  paint  out  to  me,  and  almofk  compel 
me  to  believe  are  adually  to  follow. 

We  can  never  be  thankful  enough  to  God  for  that 
interefting  event,  which  has  been  the  main  fubjc<5l  of 

my 


arlfing  fnm  the  Occajlon.  63 

iry  difcourfc,  being  the  principal  occafion  of  our  pre- 
fcnt  rejoicing.  Bjt  ains !  there  is  never  any  great  good 
*'  in  this  prd'tnt  evil  world,"  without  fome  mixture  of 
evil,  at  lead  of  what  feems  to  us  to  be  fo.  This  is 
the  cafe,  even  with  rcfpeCt  to  that  event,  which  is 
both  fo  great  in  itfelf,   and  fo   happy  in  its  probable 

Cond-quenccs. O  iintirncly,   tho'  glorioufly  fallen  ! 

Mortal  in  thy  body,  but  immortal  allbefidc!  immor- 
tal in  thy  deeds,  immortal  in  thy  memory,  immortal 

i  1  thy  fame  ! 1  can  no  longer  forbear    to  mention 

his  fall,  which  I  have  hitherto  forborne  with  diffi- 
culty, even  tho'  it  fhould  caufe  a  general  gloom, 
and  occafion  the  clofing  of  this  r)lemnity  with  lefs 
joy  than  it  began. — Immortal  WOLFE  I  untimely, 
but  glorioufly  fallen !  Untimely  in  refpect  of  thy 
youth  ;  without  an  heir  to  hear  of  thy  great  aflions, 
to  enjoy  thy  renown,  or  to  inherit  thy  name!  Fallen 
far  from  thy  native,  beloved  country,  and  every  near 
relative  !  Untimely  for  thy  cotmtiy,  which  needs  fuch 
as  thou  wafl  to  conduct  and  infpire  her  armies,  and 
lead  them  on  to  viftory  I  But  ftill  fallen  glorioufly  for 
thy  Ic'lf,  and  for  that  country  which  gave  birth  to  fuch 
a  commander  I  Fallen  in  the  fervice  of  thy  king,  and 
of  that  country,  fo  dear  to  thee,  and  for  which  thou 
wouldll  readily  have  laid  down  more  Hves  than  one  ! 
Fallen,  tho'  in  youthful  ardor,  yet  not  without  the  pru- 
dence and  wifdom  of  age  !  Tho'  without  an  heir ;  yet 
fuch  as  thou  v/aft  need  not  children  to  bear  up,  and 
immortahze  their  name!  And  thou  haft  here  left  at 
Icafl  one  whole  grateful  country  where  all,  old  as 
well  as  young,  will  honor  thee  as  a  father,  and  enjoy 
thy  fame,  as  well  as  the  fruit  of  thy  toils !  Tho'  far 
from  the  country  which  gave  thee  birth,  yet  near  one 
which  would  glory  might  it  be  faid,  that  '*  this  man 
was  born  here!'*  Tho'  diftant  from  every  near  relative, 
yet  near  to  thofe,whofe  childrens  children  will  "  rife  up 

and 


64.  SG7ne  farther  Reflexions 

and  call  thee  blcffed  !'*  Fallen,  tlio'  untimely  for  i\\f 
country  ftill  engaged  in  war  ;  yet  not  till  thou  hadit 
fav*d  one  country  by  conquering  another  !  For  tho* 
©thersufe  to  couquer  only  while  chey  lived,  thou  waft 
2.  conqueror  even  in  death  !  Whofc  fall,  no  lefs  than 
whofe  prefence  while  living,"  infpir*d  the  troops  with 
a  courage  not  to  be  refiftcd  ;  and  even  turn'd  what  was 
before  only  fortitude,  into  fury,  tho'  not  into  madnefs  ! 

When  I  reflefl  upon  thefe  circuni (lances  of  his  fall, 
I  am  obliged  to  retraft  what  I  faid  before  :  He  that 
fell  (o  gloriouQy,  did  not  fall  untimely.  No  !  Me  falls 
not  untimely,  who  falls  in  the  Icrvice  of  his  King  and 
country  with  fuch  magnanimity,  with  the  vigor  of 
youth  and  the  wifdom  of  age  united  ;  efpecially  if  he 
fails  a  conqueror,  as  this  brave  general  did.  Whoever 
falls  thus  in  the  difcharge  of  his  duty  j  thus  greatly, 
thus  vi<5torioufly,  and  with  fuch  glorious  circumdances 
attending  his  fall,  being  fuppoled  to  be  an  upright 
good  man,  falls  not  immaturely,  but  "  in  a  good  old 
age.'*  Whether  he  had  lived  many  years  or  few,  is 
little  to  the  point.  Not  he  that  draws  and  refpires  this 
vital  air  the  ofteneft  j  not  he  that  Heeps  the  moft 
nights,  or  wakes  the  moft  days  •,  not  he  that  pafTes  thro* 
the  moft  fummcrs  and  winters ;  in  fine,  not  he  that 
fees  the  moft  funs  and  feafons  rolling  over  him  in  fuc- 
cefTion ;  this  is  not  he  that  lives  the  longeft,  or  that 
dies  the  moft  maturely.  There  is  another,  a  flir  juf- 
ter  ftandard  of  age,  of  life  and  death  :  And  he  who 
Jives  the  moft  ufefully,  the  moft  to  the  proper  ends 
and  purpofes  of  life,  lives,  both  the  moft  honourably, 
and  the  longeft,  and  makes  the  moft  mature,  as  well 
as  glorious  exit. — "  Honourable  age  is  not  that  which 
*'  ftandeth  in  length  of  time,  or  that  is  meafured  by 
•'  number  of  years :  But  wifdom  is  the  GREY  HAIR 
"  unto  men,  and  an  unfpotted  life  is  OLD  AGE  !'* 

Mv 


arijing  from  the  Occajion,  65 

Mv  Brethren,  tho*  my  heart  relented  when  I  be- 
gan to  fpjak  of  this  Britifh  hero*s  fall  in  the  vigor  of 
his  life  ;  yet  by  means  of  fuch  reflections  as  thefe,  which 
are  the  fuggcftions,  not  of  pafllon,  that  erroneous 
guide,  but  of  reafon,  which  will  not  lead  us  aftray  ; 
by  means  of  fuch  refledtions,  I  lay,  I  find  my  fpirits 
fo  far  returned,  that  I  could  now  almofl  congratulate 
you  on  his  noble  exit,  inftead  of  condoling  with  you 
on  it  !  However,  not  to  carry  this  matter  beyond  juft 
bounds  :  Who  would  not  die  as  this  brave  commander 
died,  to  be  both  remembred  and  honored  in  future 
times,  rather  than  live  a  while  as  fomc  others  have 
lived,  and  then  die  to  be  forgotten  j  or  if  not  en- 
tirely forgotten,  yet  remembered  only  as  having  ia 
their  day  given  the  moft  flagrant  and  inglorious  proofs, 
that  they  were  not  in  places  adapted  to  their  talents, 
when  they  were  found  at  the  head  of  armies  ! 

But  ftill  you  will  fay,  that  not  only  we,  but  the 
nation,  has  fuftained  a  great  lofs  in  the  fall  of  this  ex- 
cellent commander.  Far  be  it  from  me  to  deny  this  ! 
But  bleffed  be  God,  the  nation  has  other  wife,  brave, 
and  magnanimous  commanders  ;  One  *  at  leaft,  per- 
haps feveral,  now  in  America  ;  and  many  more  both 
at  home  and  abroad.  And  he,  on  whom  the  com- 
mand devolved  at  fo  critical  a  jundlure,  f  and  under 
whom  that  great  enterprize  was  brought  to  fo  happy 
a  conclufion,  is  doubtlefs  another,  to  whom  the  like 
character  jullly  belongs.  Nor  will  Great-Britain  ever 
be  defticute  of  fuch  commanders,  till  either  her  happy 
government  is  fubverted,  and  her  liberties  lofl: ;  or  till 
thofe  glorious  times  fliall  come,  when  inftead  of 
*'  learning  war  any  more,**  all  the  nations  which  have 
hitherto  by  their  mutual  enmity  and  violence,  been 
as  it  were  fcourges   in  the  hand  of  almighty  God,  to 

E  punifh 

•  Geo.  Amhcrft. 
t  Brig.  Gca.  Townfliend,  on  the  fall  of  Gen.  Wolfe. 


66  So  7ne  farther  Reficxlons 

piinifTi  one  another  for  their  fins,  'fhall  at  length  "  beat 
their  fvvords  into  plough- fhares,  and  thcrir  fpears  into 
pruning-hooks  •,  **  being  both  too  wife,'  and  too  vir- 
tuous, thus  to  "  hurt  and  dcllroy  "  each  other.  At 
leafl:  fuch  commanders  will  never  be  wantins;  iQ 
Great-Britain,  during  a  reign  and  adminiftration  like 
the  prefent, wherein  fuperior  merit  is  fu  early  obferved, 
and  fo  gloriouHy  diftinguifhed  ! 

Let  us  not  therefore  defpond  under  this  lofs.  We 
could  not  expe6t,  according  to  the  eftablifli'd  courfe 
of  human  affairs,  even  under  the  peculiar  favour  and 
fmiles  of  heaven,  to  do  great  things,  or  obtain  great 
advantages  againft  our  enemies,  without  fome  circum- 
ftances  attending  them,  which  cannot  be  thought  of 
but  with  regret.  It  becomes  us,  therefore,  to  fubmit 
with  patience  to  what  we  could  all  wifh  otherwife, 
and  to  be  heartily  thankful  for  what  is  fo  agreeable  to 
our  defires,  fo  great  in  itlelf,  and  fo  important  in  its 
confequences.  "  For  fhall  v/e  receive  good  at  the 
"  hand  of  God,  and  fhall  we  not  receive  evil  ?" 

If  fuch  reflexions  as  fome  of  thofe  above,  tho*  I  can 
hardly  fuppofe  it,  {hould  feem  to  any  not  fuitable  to 
the  prefent  feafon,or  to  a  day  of  generaljoy  andthankf- 
giving,  I  have  only  this  apology  to  make  :  That  they 
were  in  a  manner  forced  upon  me  by  that  great  and 
happy  event  itfelf,  which  is  the  fpecial  occafion  of  our 
rejoicing.  For,  to  have  taken  no  notice  of  the  fall  of 
that  excellent  general,  by  means  of  whole  almoit  unex- 
ampled bravery  and  good  conduft,  this  important  acqui- 
fiti  =n  was  made,  would  have  been  both  ungrateful  and 
inhuman.  And  if  it  were  mentioned  at  all,  not  to  have 
fpoken  of  it  in  a  grave  and  ferious,  but  light  and  in- 
different manner,  would  have  been  ftill  more  ungrate- 
ful and  inhuman,  with  the  additional  bad  circum- 
ftances  of  being  grofly  abfurd  and  unnatural,  not  to 

fay 


arijlng  from  the  Occafion,         67 

fay  impious.  For,  not  only  the  fall  of  fuch  diflln- 
guifhed  perfonagf-s,  but  death  itfelf,  is  a  very  grave 
and  ferious  fubjcd  to  be  thought  or  fpoken  of  Do 
any  of  you  doubt  it  ?  You  will  foon  be  of  the  fame 
opinion  :  For,  human  life  is  fhort,  and  "  after  death 
the  judgment!" 

This  further  y^r/W  reflexion  would  not  have  been 
added  to  the  former,  had  not  the  fpeaker  choftn  to 
fee  this  affembly  diOulve,  each  one  with  a  grave  and 
folemn  brow,  much  rather  than  with  an  air  and  coun- 
tenance of  thoughtlefs  levity,  tho'  the  occafion  of  our 
coming  together  was  fo  truly  joyful.  And  indeed, 
they  mull  be  wholly  ftrangers  to  virtuous  and  reli- 
gious joy,  far  the  noblefl:  and  greateft  of  any,  who 
think  fobriety  and  gravity  inconfiftent  with  it,  which 
are  in  reality  efiential  to  it.  Let  us  therefore,  when 
we  depart  from  the  houfe  of  God,  depart  in  his  love 
and  tear,  witn  hearts  thoroughly  imprefs'd  by  a  fenfe 
of  his  goodnefs,  and  the  obligations  which  he  hatfi 
laid  us  under  to  keep  his  commandments.  Doing 
thus,  we  fhall  ftill  "  walk  in  the  light  of  his  coun- 
tenance,'* and  ftill  praife  him  while  we  dwell  on  earth. 
And  when  we  depart  this  world,  fo  full  of  difcord, 
ftrife  and  war,  and  even  the  moft  profperous  events 
whereof,  have  ftill  fome  difagreeable  alloy,  wc  fliall 
depart,  having  our  "  hope  full  of  immortality  ;*'  and 
our  hearts,  of  that  "  PEACE  OF  GOD  whicli  paf- 
!.' fcthall  underftanding.;*     AMEN! 


The  end  of  the  fecond  Difcourfe. 

Ea  APPENDIX. 


APPENDIX. 

Containing  a  brief  AccoiiRt    of  two  former   Expeditions    agalnft 
QUEBEC  and  CANADA,  uhich  proved  unfuccefsful. 

MANY    people  atnongft  us,  both  in  the  town  and 
country,  who   have  heard   frequent   mention  of 
former  entcrprizes  againft  Quebec   and  Canada, 
have  probably,  either   thro'   want  of  books,  or 
leifure  to  confult    fuch   as  are   of  any    confidcrable    length, 
no    diftindl    knowledge    of  thofe    unfortunate  expeditions. 
This  is  a  feafon  wherein  there  is  of  courfe  much  converfation 
about  that  city  and  country ;  and   many   who  may   have   a 
curiofity,  have  not  the  advantages  before-mentioned,   to   ac- 
quaint themfelves  even  with  the  moft  material  fadts  and  cir- 
cumftances   relating   to  thofe   enterprizes.     We   are  by  no 
means  to  cenfure  fuch  a   curiofity    in   our  countrymen  and 
fellow-fubjedts,  whofe  fituation  in  life  will  not  admit  of  their 
giving  much  of  their  time  to  reading.    It  is  at  leafi:  innocent ; 
the  author  of  the   foregoing  difcourfes  thinks,  laudable  ;   and 
fuch  an  one  as  ought  to   be  encouraged  rather  than  damped. 
He  thereforcpropofes  in   fome  meafure  to  gratify  it,  by  this 
appendix.      Befides ;  refleciing  on  thefe  former  unfuccefsful 
expeditions,  has  a  natural  tendency  to  heighten  our   joy  and 
gratitude  on  account  of  the  lad, which  has  bee'i  (o  profperous. 
i>uch  a  contraft  will   probably  have  a   good  effecfl.     So   that 
this  may  anfwer  a  valuable  end,  beyond  that  of  merely  gra- 
tifying the  curiofity  of  the  lefs  informed  reader. 

Were  the  enfuing  account  to  be  prolix,  it  would  not  be 
adapted  to  the  circumftances  of  thofe,  for  whom  it  is  princi- 
pally defigned.  It  will  therefore  confift  chiefly  of  a  narra- 
tion of  facets,  and  fome  material  circumflanccs.  Thefe  will 
be  nioftly  colled^ed  from  SirH.  Walker's  Journa/,  and  the  Jp- 
fevdix  thereto  ;  Campbell's  Livrs  of  the  Admirals,  and  Mather's 
Life  of  Sir  W,  Fhips ;  which  I  here  mention  once  for  all; 
But  when  the  exprefTions  of  either  of  thofe  writers  are  ufed, 
notice  will  be  given  by  the  ufual  fign  of  a  quotation.  How- 
ever, this  account,  tho'  fhort,  will  contain  fome  brief  hints 
and  obfervations  refpecting  the  caufes  of  our  mifcariiages  and 
difafiers,  in  the  two  former  attempts  againfl:  Canada. 

But  it  will  not  be  amifs, before  we  proceed  to  the  account 
propofed,  juft  to  obferve  that  Quebec  was  long  ago  reduced 
by  the  Englifh  ;  becaufe  this  will  furnifli  us  with  an  obferva- 
tion  or  two,  very  peninent  by  way  of  introduction  ;  as  tend- 
ing to  lay  open,  both  the  motives  of  the  French  in  giving  us 
i'uch  frequent  difturbances  from   that  quarter,  and  the  great 

reafon 


APPENDIX, 

/eafon  we  have  had  on  our  fide,  repeatedly  to  attempt  the  re- 
duction  of  that  place. 

Quebec  was  reduced  130  years  fince,  in  the  reign  of  KI. 
Charles  I.  viz.  A.  D.  1629,  by  admiral  Kirk  or  Kertk,  with 
a  fleet  from  England.  But  it  was  foon  after  dcliveied  up  to 
PVancc  aoain  in  purfuance  of  a  treaty,  viz.  1632.  And  as  it 
did  not  fall  dircdly  within  the  defign  of  this  appendix  to 
fpeak  at  all  of  this  expedition,  it  is  pafled  over  with  a  bare 
mention  of  thefe  fails  ;  which  are  taken  notice  of  chiefly 
with   a  view  to   the  following  obfervations. 

FATHERCharlevoix,  the  noted  Frenchjefuit  and  hiftorian, 
tells  Uo,   that  tho'  the  French  court  was  much   fhocked  and 
offended  at  the  Fnglifli   for  taking- Q^jebec  j  yet,    excepting 
reafons  which  touch'd   their  honor,  there   were  many    who 
doubted  whether  they  had    fuflained    any   real  lofs  thereby  ; 
and  whether  it  were  ex[)edient  to  demand  the  reftitution   of 
it.  f    It  feems,  according  to  this  hillorian,   that  there  was   a 
great  divil'on  in  the  court  of  France  upon  this  point.     It  was 
warmly  debated  ;   and  many  reafons  were  afilgncd   by  fc;me, 
why   the   reftitution   of  Quebec  (hould    not    be   infilled   on. 
Thefe  reafons,  or  objections,   were  particularly  anfwered  by 
thofe  on  the  other  fide  of  the  queilion,  who  finally  prevailed. 
By  the  latter  it  was/aid,amonglt  other  things, that  the  climate 
■of  NcwFrance  would  grow  milder  by  degrees  as  the  country 
wa.',  more  and  more  opened  :  That  this  could  hardly  be  doubt- 
ed,fince  it  was  fituated  under  the  fame  parallels  with  the  mod 
tempcratf  countries  of  Europe  :  That  theclimate  was  healthy, 
the  foil  fertile  :  That  with  a  little  labour  the  inhabitants  might 
procure   all   the  conveniences  of  life  :  'Fhat  France   might 
every  year  fend    a  fmall    number  of  families,    fome  foldiers, 
with  fome   young   women   that    could   well    be  fpar'd,    for 
breeders,  and  difpofe  of  them  in  Canada,   in    fuch  a  manner 
that  they  might  extend  thcmfi'ves  in  proportion  as  they  multiplied : 
That  this  would  bean  excellent  nurlery  for  feamen  :  That  the 
pel:r)',or  turr-trade,  would  alfo  be  of confidcrablc  advantage: 
That  for  fhip-building,  the  forclls  of  Canada   would   furnifli 
them  with  an  ample   fupply,   being,   aa   they   faid,    without 
contradicton,  the  finei'l   in  the  univcrfe  :  And   lallly,  That 
only   the  motive  of  keeping   the  Fnglifli    from  waking  tfn/n- 
felvcs  too  powerful  \n   this  part  of  America,    by  joining    both 
fides  of  the  river  St.  Lawrence  to   fo    m;iny   other  provinces, 
where  they    were    already     well    eilablifned,  xvas  more  than 

E  2  f>'ffi'^<:" 

\  — "  Mais  Ics  raifons  d'  honncur  .i  pa^t,  bicn  de  gers  dodfereiil 
•*  fi  Ton  avoit  fait  une  veritable  perte,  &  li'l  a^  prcipos  de  dsmsn- 
!'  der  la  reftitution  de  Quebec." 


APPENDIX. 

fiifficient  to  induce  them  to  make  a  point  of  recovering  ^teheCy 
%vhatever  it  coji  them.  '* 

It  is  not  to  be  wonder'd  at,  that  thefe  reafons  prevailed  in 
the  court  oi  France.  It  were  needleis  to  obferve  how  punc- 
tually the  French  have  regarded  them  ever  fince  ;  particular- 
ly in  fending  ever  a  number  of  families  and  jome  Joldifrs  every 
year.^  with  fame  women.,  that  they  might  extend  thcmfelves  gra- 
dually as  they  encreafed ;  or,  in  other  words,  make  encroach- 
ments upon  us;  and,  in  conjunction  with  the  favages,  keep 
us  from  becoming  too  powerful  in  North  A/nerica.  At  the  fame 
time,  thcfe  things,  and  the  French  acting  a!l  along  upon  thefe 
maxims,  without  any  regard  to  juftice,  humanity  or  honor, 
equallv  fhow  that  our  repreated  Itrugglcs  and  efforts  to  re- 
take Qi^iebec,  tho'  not  by  way  of  treaty.,  as  they  did,  and  as 
they  have  taken  many  other  places  firft  and  laft',  but  by  force 
of  arms,  were  not  without  fufficient  grounds.  Whether 
the  fame  reafons  will,  or  will  not,  hold  equally  good  for 
maintaining  Qj^iebec  to  the  laft,  or  at  any  rate  whatever  with- 
in the  bounds  of  juftice,  belongs  not  to  us  to  determine.— r- 
There  are  others  who  know  far  better,  what  cav,  and  what 
is  fit  to  be  done,  than  we  can  pretend  to  ;  in  whofe  wifdom, 
integrity  and  patriotifmj  we  may  fafcly  confide,  as  it  is  our 
duty   to  do. 

I  FEAR  I  have  been  too  long  In  this  introdu£lory  part  of 
the  appendix  :  But  the  heft  apology  that  can  be  made,  is  to 
proceed  directly  to  the  propufed  narrative. 

The  firfl:  of  the  two  former  expeditions  againft  Quebec 
and  Canada,  of  which  fome  account  was  to  be  given,  was 
in  the  reign  ofK.  William  III.  fixty-nine  years  ago,  viz. 
A.  D.  1690.  No  Britlfh  troops  were  employed  therein, 
But  the  people  of  New-England,  ha^'ng  been  continually 
molefled  by  the  Canadians,  and  the  Indians  in  their  in- 
tereil;  and  having  been  very  fuccefsful  this  fame  year 
in  reducing  Port-Roval,  now  Annapolis,  with  all  Novu- 
ScQtia,  refolved  on  this  more  important  and  arduous  en- 

terprize 

*  "  Er.fin,  que  le  feul  motif  d' empecher  les  Anglois  de  fe 
*'  rendrc  trop  puilLns  dans  cette  panic  de  I' Amurique,  en  joign- 
''  nan:  les  dsjx  bords  du  Fleuve  S.  Lanrent  a  tant  d' autres  pro- 
*'  vinces,  oii  ils  avoient  dtja  de  bons  ctablifTcmens,  etoit  plus  que 
*'  fiiffifant  pour  nous  engager  ^rccoiivrer  Quebec,  a  quelque 
^'  jxij;  cpcce  fyi;."  liill.  ctps;fcript.d«la]Sf.France,TonicI.LiviV, 


APPENDIX. 

tcrprize  againft  Quebec.  For  it  was  then,  and  indeed 
long  before,  plainly  CcQn,  that  we  were  never  to  exped^ 
any  peace  or  qu  et  in  thcfe  northern  Britifli  colonies,  while 
Quebec  was  in  the  hands  of  fuch  ncigl.buurs  as  the  Ficnch. 
Sir  William  Phips.  the  next  Year  Gcjvemor  of  tl:e  Maf- 
fachufett5-B.iy,  was  a  lover  of  his  native  country,  and 
of  ail  aif^ive  genius.  He  was  accordingly  a  zealous  pro- 
moter of  this  expedition,  and  was  put  at  the  head  of  it, 
as  commanrler  in  chief. 

In  th:s  expcditi'in  there  failed  from  the  port  nf  Bofton, 
thirty -two  frigates  and  tranfports,  having  on  board,  befulei 
feamcn,  about  200O  New-England  troops.  The  largeft 
fhip,  or  a'miral,  carried  44  guns.  The  feafon  was  far  too 
much  advanced  before  the  Heet  took  its  departure  from  Bof- 
ton,  which  was  i/ot- till  the  9th  of  Auguft.  It  did  not  ar- 
rive before  Qiiebec  till  t'ie  5ih  of  Oi.%ber.  A  1:^00  Englifh 
provincial  troops,  with  1500  Indians,  were  to  have  marched 
about  the  fame  time  from  Albany,  and  to  have  proceeded 
by  the  way  of  lake  Champlain,  in  order  to  attack  Montreal, 
or  at  leaft  to  divide  the  Freii.h  forces,  and  make  a  dlverfioa 
that  way,  in  favour  of  the  fleet  and  army  up  the  river  St. 
Lawrence ;  and  thereby  facilitate  the  defign  of  reducing 
Quebec,  which  was  the  grand  point  in  view.  But,  for  cer- 
tain reafons  which  cannot  here  be  particularly  nicntioncd, 
the  forces  did  not  proceed  at  the  weltward,  accordinir  to  the 
original  plan.  Which,  in  part,  occafioned  the  lubfcquent 
mifcarriage  of  the  expedition  up  the  river:  I  hy  in  part^ 
for  there  were  other  caufes  concurring;  particularly  ficknefs 
amongft  the  troops  there,  and,  pofTibly,  want  of  fufKoient  ex- 
perience in  the  officers  for  fuch  an  undertaking  ;  to  the  fuccefs 
whereof,  bravery  was  not  the  only  thing   ncLelTary. 

Oclobcr  6th,  Sir  William  fummo^^ed  ti»e  French  gover- 
nor, count  Frontenac,  to  furrendcr  ;  from  whum  he  received 
the  following -iiifwer,  "  That  Sir  William  Phip-,  and  thofe 
**  with  him,  were  traitors  to  their  King,*  and  had  taken  up 
*'  with  that  Ufurper  the  Prince  of  Orange,  and  had 
**  made  a  revAutioHy  which  if  it  had  not  been  maile,  A^.  I'-f'g- 
*'  land  and  thr  French  would  have  been  all  one  ;  and  that 
*'  no  other  4nl\ver  was  to  he  expedfcd  from  Inm,  bur  what 
*'  flijuld  be  from  the  mouth  of  his  cannon."  [Mag;ral.]  Tim 
winds  continued  (o  high  and  boillerous,  that  it  was  impracti- 
cable for  the  army  to  land  befor-  the  8;h,  when  all  the  ef- 
fctSlive  men,  being  about  1400,  were  landed  ujidcr  the  com- 
mand of  lieut.  general  Wallcy,  about  5  milcs  below  the  city, 
*  James  II,  oii 


APPENDIX. 

«>n  the  north  fide  of  the  river.  They  had  that  day  feme  (kir- 
mifhes  with  the  enemy  ;  a  few  being  killed  on  both  fides. 
They  advanced  fome  way  towards  the  city  ;  but  the  cold 
was  now  fo  fevere,  that  the  feet  and  hands  of  many  were  fro- 
zen ;  and  others  were  taken  fick  with  the  Small-Pox.  Be- 
fides  :  the  enemy  having  feafonably  learnt,  a  confitierable 
time  before,  that  they  were  in  no  danger  of  having  any  dif- 
turbance  towards  Montreal,  our  army  that  way  having  re- 
turned, drew  all  their  ftrength  from  thofe  parts ;  regular 
troops,  Canadians  and  Indians  ;  and  in  fliort  made  themfelves 
much  fuperior  in  the  field.  Thefe  were  fufficient  reafons 
for  not  advancing  farther  towards  the  city,  in  order  to 
aflault,  or  befiege  it ;  and  the  troops  were  foon  re-imbarlced. 
Sir  William,  however,  in  the  mean  time,  had  brought  fome 
of  the  fliips  up  to  bombard  the  city  ;  and  had  his  own  fhip  (hot 
thro'  in  near  loc  places,  A  Fiench  writer,  BaronLaHonton, 
then  atQijebcc,  makes  himfelf  very  merry  with  this  bombard- 
ment j  telling  his  reader,  that  hereby  the  place  fufFered  da- 
mage to  the  amount  of  about  "  5  or  6  piftoles.  "  He  is  alfo 
very  fevere  on  the  conduct  of  Sir  William.  He  fays,  *'  he 
could  not  have  done  lefs  than  he  did,  if  the  French  had  hired 
him  to  ftand  ftill  with  his  hands  in  his  pockets."  This  is 
doubilefs  an  injurious  refle<ftion  on  him.  For  confidering 
the  bad  weather,  the  cold,  the  fickntfs,  the  fmallnefs  of  his 
force,  the  failing  of  the  intended  diverfion  at  the  wcftward, 
and  the  confequent  flrength  of  the  enemy  at  Quebec,  it 
was  hardly  poffible  to  have  done  more  than  he  did  ;  tho'  that 
was  indeed  but   very  little  to   the  purpofe. 

It  was  Sir  William's  dcfign,  notwithftanding  thefe  dif- 
couragements,  afterwards  to  have  landed  the  troops  in  the 
face  of  the  city,  under  cover  of  his  cannon,  and  to  have  taken 
it  by  ftorm  ;  the  troops,  as  well  as  himfelf,  being  ftill  full 
of  fpirit  and  refolution.  But  foon  after,  "  a  violent  ftorm 
*'  arofe  that  feperated  the  fleet  ,  and  the  fnow  and  the  cold 
*<  became  {o  extreme,  that  they  could  not  continue  in  thofe 
"  quarters  any  longer."  And  it  was  probably  well  for  them, 
all  circumOances  being  confidered,  that  they  did  not  attempt 
t(i  put  this  latter  defign  into  execution  j  the  enemy  being 
at  leaft  3  or  4,000,  and  perhaps  5  or  6,0C0  ftrong. 

To  fay  that  the  fame  number  of  veteran  troops,  under  an 
experienced  commander,  and  other  regularly  bred  officers, 
could  not  have  done  more  under  the  fame  circumftances,  is 
much  more  than  I  prefume  to  do.     But  yet  it  can  hardlv  be 

fuppofcd 


APPENDIX. 

fuppofed  poflible,  even  for  fuch-to  have  reduced  the  city,  un- 
der all  thofe  difadvantageous  circumftances. 

Thus  ended  this  expedition,  with  the  lofs  of  about  looo 
men  in  the  whole,  and  feveral  tranfports  in  their  return 
fromQuebec:  An  expedition,certainly  ill-timed, being  under- 
taken fo  late  in  the  year.  And  hereby  was  incurred  an  heavy 
charge  to  this  government ;  which  gave  rife  to  the  firft 
emiflion  of  a  paper  currency  among  us ;  a  moft  pernicious 
fcheme,  the  bad  efFefts  of  which  we  have  not  got  over  to 
this  day  J  the  fortunes  of  many,  and  perhaps  the  morals  of 
more,  having  been  ruined   by  it. 

However,  we  ought  to  fpeak  with  honor  of  Sir 
William  Phips.  Tho'  neither  his  education,  nor  his  ex- 
perience afterwards,  and  poflTibly  not  his  genius,  qualified 
him  either  for  the  profoundeft  policy,  or  for  a  great  military 
command,  he  was  a  brave,  honeft  man,  of  an  enterprifing 
turn,  a  lover  of  his  country,  and  zealous  for  its  honor  and 
fervice ;  qualities  which  certainly  make  his  character  and 
memory  refpciStable.  And  here,  at  the  clofe  of  this  brief 
account  of  his  unfortunate  expedition,  it  will  not  be  amifs 
to  fpeak  of  one  circumftance  to  his  honor,  told  in  the 
Lives  of  the  Admirah  before  mentioned,  tho'  relating  to 
quite  another  Affair.  Sir  William,  then  only  captain 
Phips,  had,  by  the  interceflion  of  Chriftopher  Duke  of 
Albermarle,  obtained  a  (hip  of  King  Charles  II.  in  order 
to  fifh  on  a  rich  SpaniOi  wreck  on  the  coaft  of  Hifpaniola. 
He  went,  and  returned  without  making  the  defir'd  difco- 
very  ;  a  coniiderable  proportion  of  the  profits  arifing  from 
which,  was  to  have  gone  into  the  King's  coffers,  for  the 
expence  he  had  been  at  in  fitting  out  the  fhip.  Captain 
Phips  being  again  fitted  out  by  private  adventurers  on  the 
fame  dcfign,  made  the  difcovery  i  and  returned  to  England 
with  £.  300,000  Sterl.  in  filver.  *'  On  his  arrival,  there 
wanted  not  fomc,  who  would  have  perfuaded  the  King  to 
fcize  his  Oiip  and  cargo,  under  the  pretence  that  captain 
Phips  had  not  given  an  exact  information,  when  he  ap- 
plied for  licence,  and  the  royal  affiftance  :  but  his  Majefty 
generoufly  anfwered,  thit  he  knew  the  captain  to  be  an 
honeft  man,  and  a  man  of  honour ;  and  that  if  he  had 
brought  home  twice  as  much  treai'urc,  his  proprietors  fliould 
divide  it.  His  Majefty  farther  expreffcd  his  fatisfa£tion  bjr 
knighting  him."     Lroa  of  the  Admirah^    vol.  2.   p.  376. 

The 


APPENDIX. 

The  other  former,  and  much  greater  expedition  againft 
Quebec  and  Canada,  was  m  the  reign  vf  Queen  Ann, 
twenty  oneyearb  after  the  above  mcDtioiied,  viz.  A,  D.  1711. 
The  late  Lord  Vifcount  Doiinbruke,  then  only  Mr.  St.  John» 
fecretary  of  ftate  to  the  Qiiecn,  appears  to  have  had  the 
chief  hand  in  planning  and  directing  this  expedition.  There 
were  fent  from  England  either  11  or  12  line  of  battle  (hips, 
(fur  accounts  d;ll"t.r )  1  frigate,  2  bonibs  with  their  tender, 
and  32  tranfpons  with  feveral  regiments,  making  in  all 
upwards  of  5000  men  ;  as  ilCo  8  tiiniiports  and  tenders  be- 
longing to  the  train  of  artiilery.  bir  Kovenden  Walker  was 
the  admiral  of  the  fleet,  and  general  Hil!  commander  in 
chief  of  the  Britilh  tKJops.  It  feems  they  were  delayed  fome 
time  in  the  channel  of  England  by  contrary  winds ;  at 
"which  Mr.  fecretary  St.  John,  in  his  letters  then  written 
to  the  admiral,  expreflts  the  greatefl  concern  and  uneafi- 
jiefs.  After  being  put  bat  k  feveral  times,  from  the  28th 
of  April  to  the  5th  of  May,  the  fleet  at  length  proceeded  from 
Plymouth,  and  continuing  its  voyage,  arrived  at  Bofton 
June  24th,  without  any  material  difalter  j  when  the  troops 
were  debarked,  and  encamped  for  fome  time  on  Noddle's 
ifland.  To  thefe  were  joined  two  regiments  from  the 
MafTachufetts-Bay,  Rhode-Idand  and  New-Hampfhire  j  all 
which  were  deflin'd  againft  Quebec  and  Canada,  by  the 
way  of  St.  Lawrence. 

General  Nicholfon  was  at  the  fame  time  to  take  unde*" 
his  command  a  body  of  militia  from  Connecticut,  New- 
York  and  the  Jerfies,  together  with  the  Indians  of  the 
five,  alias  fix  nations,  which  we  commonly,  tho'  not  quite 
properly,  blend  all  together  under  the  general  name  of 
Mohawks.  This  army  under  the  laft  mentioned  general, 
was  to  proceed  by  the  way  of  Lake  Champlain,  in  order 
to  attack  Montreal,  or  at  leaft  to  make  a  diverfion  in  thofe 
parts ;  and  by  keeping  the  enemy  at  bay  there,  to  forward 
the  rcdudion  of  Qiiebec  by  the  fleet  and  principal  army. 
With  this  view  they  proceeded  from  Albany  towards  the 
lake  ;  tho'  not  till  the  2cth  of  Auguft.  Of  what  number 
this  army  confifted,  I  h^avc  either  never  exaclly  learnt,  or 
have  forgotten  ;  probably  about  3000  including  Indians. 
This  army  we  now  leave  in  its  progrefs  towards  the  lake, 
and  return   to  the  other  army  and  the  fleet. 

It  is  faid  by  fome,  that  thefe  were  delayed  at  Bofton  a 
Ioi]g  time  for  want  of  necellary  provifions,  fome  fcamen,  kc, 

antd 


APPENDIX. 

and  this  thro'  the  negligence,  or  rather  the  mercenary  and 
wicked  defigns  of  certain  perfuns  here,  whofe  bufniefs  it 
was  to  forward  them  with  all  poflible  expedition.  The 
admiral  and  general,  to  be  fure,  were  loud  in  their  com- 
plaints, not  againft  particular  perfons  only,  but  the  govern- 
ment in  general.  For  the  former,  in  one  of  his  letters  to 
governor  J)adley,  then  in  the  chair,  expredes  liimfclf  in 
the  following  terms  :  **  I  concur,  fays  he,  with  the  opinion 
of  all  the  fea  and  land  ofHcers  here,  that  the  government  of 
this  colony  have  prejudiced  the  prefeiit  expedition,  inftead 
ofaflifting  it."  And  fuch  reprefentations  were  fent  home, 
of  this  matter,  as  left,  for  fome  time,  imprelTions  on  the 
minds  of  many  perfons  there,  much  to  the  prejudice  and 
difadvantage  of  this  government.  As  to  the  negligence,  ill 
defigns,  or  ill  conJud^  of  fome  particular  perfons ;  thus  far 
the  accufation  might  poffibly  be  juft  ;  which,  however,  I 
do  not  aflert.  But  the  imputation,  as  it  refpcctcd  tlie  go- 
vernment, and  peopie  in  general,  was  doubtk-fs  a  very 
unworthy  one,  to  fay  nothing  worfe  of  it.  No  government 
could  well  be  nure  zealous  in  promoting  any  expedition  ; 
all  the  people  in  general  huJ  the-  fuccefs  of  it  greatly  at 
heart  :  and  it  may  be  added,  that  as  much  was  done  by  the 
government  to  promote  it,  as  could  weli  be  done,  confidering 
their  circumftances,  and  that  they  iiad  little  or  no  previous 
warning  to  make  the  needful  preparations.  A  great  genius, 
Jer.  Dummer,  Efq;  while  agtnt  fpr  this  province  at  the 
court  of  London,  in  his  excellent  defence  of  our  charter, 
long  fince  did  the  government  and  province  juftice  ;  and 
wiped  off  thefe  foul  and  bafe  afpciiions,  by  fctting  this 
matter  in  a  true  and  clear  light. 

But  to  wliatever  caufe  or  caufes,  the  delay  of  the  fleet 
and  army  at  Bofton  was  owing,  the  fadl  is,  that  thev  '!id  not 
proceed  from  hence  on  the  expedition  till  July  the  30th; 
much  too  late  for  fuch  an  enterpnfc,  at  fuch  a  diflance, 
thro'  fuch  a  navigation,  and  in  fuch  a  countrv  v.s  Canada. 
The  fleet,  when  it  to  tk  its  departure  from  hence  for  the 
river,  coniiiled  of  about  68  or  7:1  fail,  having  <  n  board 
6,463  troops,  including  the  provincials.  Being  got  into 
the  gulph  of  St.  Lawrence,  and  having  taken  a  French  prize, 
the  people  of  which  gave  the  moft  difcouraging  and  f)rmi- 
dablc  accounts  pofTible,  the  admiral  in  hi-,  journal  writes 
thus,  Auguft  15th  ;  from  whence  it  will  appear,  not  only 
how  much  he  was  deceived  in  fonic  rcfpects,  but  how  much 
Jie  was  difconccrted  by  that  means;     **  Havinj;  intoimed 

mykli 


APPENDIX, 

myfelf  by  all  means  poflible,  fays  be,  of  the  nature  of 
Canada  river,  both  from  the  French  and  Englifh,  I  ftill 
perceive  there  were  more  difficulties  to  furmount  than  could 
have  been  imagined  ;  for  the  malter  of  the  French  prize, 
who  had  made  fortv  voyages,  as  he  t.old  me,  in  that  river, 
out  and  home,  afTured  me  no  fhip  ever  winter'd  there,  but 
hazarded  every  thing,  rather  than  let  the  froft  overtake 
them.  That  between  the  mouth  of  the  river  and  Qi^icbec, 
being  about  1 30  leagues,  there  was  neithtr  road^  bay.,  or  har- 
iour,  where  (hips  could  be  in  tolerable  fecurity  ;  that  he  never 
found  ground^  tho'  he  tiied  with  a  line  of  400  fathom  ;  that 
the  fhoar  was  ftcep  too  all  along^  being  exceeding  high 
and  mountainous,  and  in  moft  places  you  fhould  have  100 
fathom  within  a  cable  s  length  of  the  fhoar ;  in  fome  parts  as 
deep  water,  and  the  fhips  fides  touching  the  rocks.  That 
it  has  been  impoflible  for  any  perfon — to  know  the  cur- 
rents— ;  that  fogs  and  florms  were  fo  frequent,  as  they 
•might  well  be  efteem'd  continual^"  &c.  &c.  But  thefe  things 
J  leave  without  pretending  to  determine,  whether  this  ad- 
miral were  then  the  more  eafy   believer,  or  the  Frenchman 

the  greater  L r. 

On  the  i8th  of  Augufl:  the  fleet  was  not  far  from  the 
mouth  of  the  river  ;  but  the  wind  blowing  hard  againft 
them,  as  the  admiral  fays,  he  put  into  the  bay  of  Gafpee, 
to  the  fouthward.  There  they  were  detain'd  till  the  20th, 
when  they  made  fail  for  the  river.  The  night  of  the  23d, 
being  thick  and  dark,  and  the  advice  of  the  Englifh  pilots, 
as  they  declar'd,  not  being  follow'd  by  the  admiral,  prov'd 
fatal  to  part  of  the  fleet,  and  put  an  end  to  this  expedition. 
Being  enter'd  the  river  as  far  as  the  egg-iflands  on  the  nor- 
thern fhoar,  eight  tranfports  were  there  caft  away,  and 
near  looo  people  periflied  ;  amongft  whom,  however,  there 
were  none  of  the  New-England  troops.  About  ten  days 
after,  the  fleet  put  into  Spanifh  river  in  the  ifland  of  Cape- 
Breton.  After  confulting  there  fome  time,  what  was  to  be 
done,  particularly  whether  any  thing  fhould  be  attempted 
againfl  the  enemy  at  Placentia  on  Newfoundland,  it  was  at 
length  determined  in  a  council  both  of  land  and  fea  oflicers, 
that  it  was  impraiSiicable  to  do  any  thing  ;  except  to  return 
directly  to  England,  after  giving  general  Nicholfon,  whom 
we  left  in  his  progrefs  towarJs  Montreal,  advice  of  the 
difatler  which  had  befallen  them  :  For  his  now  going  for- 
ward could  anf^vcr  no  valuable  end.  The  fleet  accordingly 
took  its  departure  from  Spanifh  river  Sept.  16.     In  a  fhort 

paflage 


APPENDIX. 

paflao;*?  they  were  in  foundings  near  the  Britifli  channel  ; 
and  0(St.  1 6.  the  admiral's  fhip  then  lying  at  anchor  at 
Spithead,  was  blown  up,  with  mod  of  his  papers,  and  many 
people  on  board,  the  admiral  himfelf  being  on  fhore.  No 
difcovery  was  ever  made,  by  what  means  this  happened. 
Some  have  thought  it  was  not  an  accidental  thing,  but: 
done  with  defign,  as  being  the  moft  expeditious  and  fafeft 
way  of  fettling  the  voyage.  However  this  fuggeftion  feems 
hardly   credible. 

'J'hus  ended  the  fecond,  grand  expedition  againft  Cana- 
da ;  that  of  admiral  Kirk  mentioned  above,  not  being  here 
reckoned  as  one.  **  The  charge  incurred  by  the  province 
of  the  Maflachufetts-Bay  was  fomething  more  than  £.  24,000 
fterling,  allowed  by  parliament."     Doug.  Summ. 

There  were  three  circumftances  efpecially,  attending 
this  expedition,  cither  of  which  might  probably  have  proved 
fatal  to  the  fucccfs  of  it  without  the  other  two.  In  the  firft 
place,  it  was  much  too  late  in  the  year  before  the  fleet 
failed  from  England.  In  the  next,  feafonable  notice  had 
not  been  given  here,  to  make  preparation  for  its  arrival, 
and  for  that  part  which  the  colonies  were  to  bear  in  the 
entcrprize.  And  laltly,  there  was  want  of  a  number  of 
throughly  and  fufHciently  experienced  pilots  for  the  river; 
at  leaf!,  of  fuch  as  the  admiral,  who  was  doubtlefs  a  gentle- 
man of  very  good  fenfe  and  accomplifhments,  could  place 
full  confidence  in,  and  rely  upon  ;  which  feems  to  have 
entirely  difconcerted  him.  Some  have  hinted  at  deep,  dark 
and  treacherous  defigns,  relative  to  this  expedition.  Nor 
is  it  fl range  that  there  fhould  have  been  fome  fufpicions  of 
this  fort,  confidcring  who  were  then  at  the  helm,  and  how 
fome  other  matters  were  carried  on  about  that  time.  But 
that  there  was  really  any  treachery  in  the  cafe,  is  by  no 
means  clear,  or  certain  ;  and  perhaps,  upon  laying  all 
things  together,  very  improbable.  However,  it  is  quite 
beyond  the  defign  of  this  appendix,  to  make  any  fort  of 
inquiry  into  that  matter ;  which,  to  be  fure,  would  be  of  no 
advantage  to  thofe,  whofe  gratification  was  propofed  hereby. 

As  the  account  of  thcfc  two  expeditions  was  introduced 
with  the  mention  of  one  which  preceeded  them,  when  both 
Canada  and  New- England  were  in  their  infant  flate  ;  it 
may  be  follow'd  with  the  mention  of  another,  which  was 
planned  fince  tlicfe  ;  but  without  being  carried  into  execu- 
tion, or  fo  much  as  attempted,  except  fo  far  as  the  enliflin^ 
of  troops  here  for  that  end.      This  was   during  the   laft 

war. 


APPENDIX. 

Ivar,  viz.  in  1746.  The  ordefs  from  Great  Britain  (of 
making  thefe  levies,  were  dated  in  April  that  year.  Many 
troops  were  raifcd  in  the  colonies  on  fo  important  an 
occafion ;  fome  of  which  were  rendezvous'd  at  Saratoga 
above  Albany-  But  at  length,  to  our  great  furprize  and 
mortification,  in  October  of  the  following  year,  orders,  were 
received  here  for  difbanding  the  troops.  Why  this  defign 
was  not  then  profecutcd,  there  are  others  that  know  better 
than   the   author  of  thefe  few  pages. 

But  be  ihaikfu),   my   countrymen   and   felIow-fubie£ts^ 
that  what  aMlfcvbo  have  well  underflood,  and  heartily  defired, 
the  true    int^t^    of  Britifh  America,    ever  cfleemed  the 
gr^nd,  eficntial  point,    is   now  gained.     QJJEBEC,    after 
repeated  firuggles.  and  efforts,   is  at  length  reduced  :  QUE- 
BEC,4J^ad  almoft  called  it  that  Pandora's  box,  from  whence 
unnumber'd  plagues  have  ifTued  for  more  than   an  hundred 
years,  to  diflrefs,  to  enfeeble,   to  lay  wafle,   thefe  northern 
colonies ;  and  wliich  might,  perhaps,  in  the  end  have  proved 
fatal  to  them  !    An  acquifition,  the  confcquence  of  whichj 
if  niaintcii.'.cJ^  mufl   prove,    not  only  the  utter  ruin  of  the 
French  pov.  er  and  interefl  in  America  ;  but  in  time,  accord- 
ing to  the  natural  couife   of  things,   the  exalting  of  thefe 
Jittle  provinces  and  colonies,  as  it   were  into  as  many  king- 
doms;  and  confequently,    the  raifing  of  the  Britifn  empire 
in  Europe,  on  which  they  will  continue  dependent,  to  an 
height    and  dignity   amongft  the  rations,   which    it  never 
knew  before.     However,  altho'  this  is  not  afcrmon,  it  may 
be  jufl    added  here,   that  under  the  government  and    pro- 
vidence of  God,  all  this  v.'ill  depend,  in  fome  meafure,   on 
ourov.'n  wifdom,  virtue  and  piety  :  For  even  our  profperity, 
without  thefe  qualities,   may  prove  our  ruin.     A  pagan  faid 
wifely,  whether  juf^ly  or  not,  as  applied  to  ancient  Rome, 
'*  Diis  te  minorem  quod  geris,    imperas  : 
*'  Hinc  omne  principium,    hue  refer  exitum"  I 
Which  being  put  into  a  more  chriftian  riilc,  in  plain  profe, 
may  be  exprefled  thus :  You  are  exalted  above  other  nations, 
becaufe   you  are  virtuous,    and  walk  humbly  with  your  God: 
From  hence  deduce  the  origin  of  your  power,  its   increafe 
and  grandeur ;  and  to   the   contrary  afcribe  its  fall  ! — Or 
you  may   take  the  fum  of  it  in  the  words  of  a  certain  wife 
Kifig^  who  fiourifhed   in   the  da);s  of  old:  "  Righteoufnefs 
cxaltcth  a  nation,   but  ftn  is  a  reproach  to  any  people." 

To  conclude:    However  unfortunate  the  former  expedi- 
tions againft  Canada  were,  in  the  reigns  of  K.  William  and 

Q.  Ann, 


APPENDIX. 

CV  Ann,  cfpctially  the  latter,  wherein  the  Heet  met  witk 
fuch  difficulties  and  difaftcrs  ;  the  laft  of  all  has  been  at- 
tended with  fuch  profperity,  as  will  glorioudy  diftinguilh  the 
reign  of  K.  GPXJRCiE  II.  In  the  fuccefs  of  whufe  fleets 
and  arms  the  dements  fecm  now  to  intereft  themfelves,  {<x 
bringing  down  the  pride  of  France. 

"  O  nimium  Dilecte  Deo,  cui  militat  aether, 

''  Et  conjurati  veniunt  ad  claffica  venti  !"       Claud,     ^«h4l 


O   heaV'n-belov'd  !  Thefkics  tlieir  fuccours  lend;      1  ^^^ 
Thy    arms   the  tides,   and    rolling   feas,   bcfr^gj^  •'      C 
And    winds    confpiring   on    thy  fleets  attaiHJPP  j 


T.ILL   pride  fhal!  ceafe  its  neighbours  (o  invade^ 
And  fwains  at  eafe  enjov  rheir  ht|fnble  fhade  : 
Till  guilty  fpears  fliali  ceafc  to  blufli  with  gore,     >•• 
And  fworJs  be  drunk  with  chrillian  Wood  n-)   more  ; 
Till  harmlcfs  thofe  in  pruning-hooks  aire  found. 
And  thcfc  in  plough-fharcs  mark  the  furrowM  ground  i 
Till   exil'd   PEACE   retaining   from  above 
To  human-kind  propitious,  heav'niy    dove! 
Shall  olive  to  each  clime,  each  country'  bring. 
And  fpread  ore  nations  wide  her  foft'ring  wing: 
Till  wrath  and  hate  are  banifh'd  in  their  turn. 
And  ev'ry  breaft  with  purer  flames  (hall  burn  ! 
Till  then,  O  heav'n  !  till  then   indulgent  finile. 
Freedom  thy  guardian  care,  and  Britain's  ifle  ! 
Till  then  her  liberties  protedl ;  for  tliofe. 
Not  to  her  Monarchs,  but  to  thee  fhe  owes. 
Great  source  of  liberty!  the  Tyrant's  awe, 
Boundlefs  in  pow'r,  but  goodnefs  ftill  thy  law. 
Till  then  fuch  Kings  as  GEORGE  to  Britain  lend  j 
Such  minifters  as  Pitt   fucceflive   fend  j 
Such  admirals  as  late   have  rul'd  the  main  ; 
Such  generals  as   fought  on  Abrah'm's  f  plain  ; 
(WOLFE,  not  till  death  immortal ;  Name  renown'd  !  ) 
Or  AMHERST  flill  with  annual  laurels  crown'd  ! — 
So   lawlefb  power  {hall  bend,  and  Britain's  rife, 
That  creep  in  duft,   and   this   afcend  the   fkies. 
While  earth's  oppreflbrs   half-repentant  Itand, 
Aw'd  •  bv   the  jullicc  of  her   lifted   hand  ; 
And   wild   ambition  feels  thy  chaft'ning  rod 
Till  Kings  most  christian  may — believe  A  GOD  ! 

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